Geomorphological theory of the hydrological response

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 803-829

  Rinaldo, Andrea ^a   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrological response; Travel time distributions; Unit hydrographs

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAPH THEORY; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL THEORY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; TRAVEL TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; UNIT HYDROGRAPHS;

HYDROLOGY;

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL THEORY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RUNOFF HYDROGRAPH; SOLUTE OF TRANSPORT; TRAVEL TIME; UNIT HYDROGRAPH;

EID: 0030162066     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199606)10:6<803::AID-HYP373>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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