Catchment-scale advection and dispersion as a mechanism for fractal scaling in stream tracer concentrations

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 254, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 82-101

  Kirchner, James W ^a   Feng, Xiahong ^b   Neal, Colin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment; Contaminant transport; Ground water; Runoff; Spectral analysis; Watershed

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; IMPURITIES; RAIN; STREAM FLOW;

FRACTAL FILTERS;

HYDROLOGY;

POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RUNOFF; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TRACER;

EID: 0035842374     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(01)00487-5     Document Type: Article

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