Runoff generating processes in boreal forest environments with glacial tills

Nordic Hydrology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 347-372

  Beldring, Stein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOILS; TOPOLOGY;

GLACIAL TILLS;

RAIN;

BOREAL FOREST; GROUNDWATER; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SNOWMELT; SOIL WATER; TILL;

NORWAY;

EID: 0036997631     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2002.0013     Document Type: Article

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