Application of the geographical information systems approach to watershed mass balance studies

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 671-694

  Richards, Paul L ^a   Kump, Lee R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographical information systems (GIS); Land use; Lithology; Magnesium fluxes; Mass balance; Watershed scale

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERRORS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; LITHOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

MASS BALANCE;

WATERSHEDS;

GIS; LAND USE; LITHOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; MASS BALANCE; WATER BALANCE; WATERSHED;

EID: 0031158496     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199706)11:7<671::aid-hyp524>3.0.co;2-h     Document Type: Article

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