Effect of snow and firn hydrology on the physical and chemical characteristics of glacial runoff

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 509-521

  Fountain, Andrew G ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firn; Glacial runoff; Ice; Snow; Stream chemistry; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFECTS; HYDROLOGY; ICE; RUNOFF; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; SURFACES;

FIRN; GLACIAL RUNOFF; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; STREAM CHEMISTRY;

GLACIERS;

FIRN; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL RUNOFF; SNOW; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030114725     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199604)10:4<509::AID-HYP389>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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