Using stable isotope tracers to assess hydrological flow paths, residence times and landscape influences in a nested mesoscale catchment

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 139-155

  Rodgers, Paul ^a,b   Soulsby, C ^a   Waldron, S ^c   Tetzlaff, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RESIDENCE TIME; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMFLOW;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27644574117     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-9-139-2005     Document Type: Article

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