Solute flux in meltwaters draining from a glacierized basin in the Karakoram mountains

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3001-3015

  Collins, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cationic denudation; Electrical conductivity; Glacierized basin; Solute flux

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF WATER; MELTING; REACTION KINETICS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

GLACIERIZED BASINS; MELTWATER DRAINING;

GLACIERS;

ABLATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; MELTWATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0033492816     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19991230)13:18<3001::AID-HYP15>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Conference Paper

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