Tracing hydrologic flow paths in a small forested watershed using variations in 87Sr/86Sr, [Ca]/[Sr], [Ba]/[Sr] and δ18O

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Hogan, James F ^a,b   Blum, Joel D ^a,c  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxygen isotopes; Runoff generation; Strontium isotopes; Watershed hydrology

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

FORESTED WATERSHEDS; HYDROLOGIC FLOW PATHS;

WATER RESOURCES;

FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RUNOFF; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATERSHED;

HUBBARD BROOK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542646365     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001856     Document Type: Article

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