Determination of hydrologic pathways during snowmelt for alpine/subalpine basins, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-75

  Sueker, Julie K ^a,b   Ryan, Joseph N ^c   Kendall, Carol ^d   Jarrett, Robert D ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033986450     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900296     Document Type: Article

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