Intensity and spatio-temporal variability of chemical denudation in an arctic-oceanic periglacial drainage basin in northernmost Swedish Lapland

Nordic Hydrology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-36

  Beylich, Achim A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chemical denudation; Ground frost; Periglacial environment; Regolith thickness; Runoff; Spatio temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; RUNOFF; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC SUMMER SEASONS; CHEMICAL DENUDATION; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

CATCHMENTS;

DENUDATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; FROZEN GROUND; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; RUNOFF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; LAPLAND; WORLD;

EID: 18144378378     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2005.0003     Document Type: Article

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