Shifting dominance of subcatchment water sources and flow paths in a glacial floodplain, Val Roseg, Switzerland

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-150

  Malard, Florian ^a,b   Tockner, Klement ^a   Ward, J V ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; MOUNTAIN REGION; STREAMFLOW;

SWITZERLAND; VAL ROSEG;

EID: 0033054640     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552602     Document Type: Article

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