Old groundwater influence on stream hydrochemistry and catchment response times in a small Sierra Nevada catchment: Sagehen Creek, California

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Rademacher, Laura K ^a   Clark, Jordan F ^b   Clow, David W ^c   Hudson, G Bryant ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MELTING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SNOW; STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENT HYDROCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENT-FLUSHING; SAGEHEN BASIN, CALIFORNIA; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RESIDENCE TIME;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15444364694     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002805     Document Type: Article

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