Response characteristics of DOC flushing in an alpine catchment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1635-1647

  Boyer, Elizabeth W ^a,b   Hornberger, George M ^a   Bencala, Kenneth E ^b   Mcknight, Diane M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Hydrological flushing; Upland catchments

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; RIPARIA;

CARBON; GROUNDWATER; LYSIMETERS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; WATER WELLS; WATERSHEDS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); HYDROLOGICAL FLUSHING; UPLAND CATCHMENTS;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENT; DOC; HYDROLOGICAL FLUSHING; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW;

USA, COLORADO, SUMMIT COUNTY, DEER CREEK;

EID: 0031253155     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(19971015)11:12<1635::aid-hyp494>3.0.co;2-h     Document Type: Article

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