Isotope hydrological study of mean transit time in the granitic Strengbach catchmen (Vosges massif, France): Application for the FlowPC model with modified input function

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1737-1751

  Viville, D ^a   Ladouche, B ^a,b   Bariac, T ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

18O; Granitic catchment; Hydrological balance; Lumped parameter model; Transit time

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; SOILS; SPRINGS (WATER);

GRANITIC CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL BALANCE; LUMPED-PARAMETER MODEL; TRANSIT TIME;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; SOILS; SPRINGS (WATER);

CATCHMENT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; VOSGES [(MNR) FRANCE]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646574278     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5950     Document Type: Article

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