Quantifying the relative contributions of riparian and hillslope zones to catchment runoff

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  McGlynn, Brian L ^a   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer zones; Hillslope; Hydrograph separation; Mixing models; Riparian zone

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

HILLSLOPES;

WATER RESOURCES;

CATCHMENT; HILLSLOPE; HYDROGRAPH; RIPARIAN ZONE; RUNOFF;

RIPARIA;

EID: 1542547280     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002091     Document Type: Article

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