Streamflow patterns in the alpine environment of North Boulder Creek, Colorado Front Range

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 104, Issue , 1996, Pages 27-42

  Caine, Nel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SNOWMELT; WATER RESOURCES;

USA, COLORADO, NORTH BOULDER CREEK;

EID: 0030480292     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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