Component flow processes at four streams in the Catskill Mountains, New York, analysed using episodic concentration/discharge relationship

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 563-575

  Evans, C ^a,c   Davies, T D ^a   Murdoch, P S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentration discharge analysis; Episodic acidification; Hydrograph components; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW PATTERNS; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS);

EPISODIC ACIDIFICATION; HYDROGRAPH COMPONENTS;

STREAM FLOW;

ACIDIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROGRAPH; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033105149     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199903)13:4<563::AID-HYP711>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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