The hydrochemistry of meltwaters draining a polythermal-based, high Arctic glacier, south Svalbard: I. The ablation season

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1825-1849

  Wadham, J L ^a   Hodson, A J ^b   Tranter, M ^a   Dowdeswell, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHEMISTRY; MELTWATERS; POLYTHERMAL GLACIER;

FLOW OF WATER; GLACIERS; ICE; RUNOFF; SNOW;

HYDROLOGY;

ABLATION; BASAL FLOW; GLACIER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MELTWATER;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0032532860     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19981015)12:12<1825::AID-HYP669>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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