Water source dynamics in a glacierized alpine river basin (Taillon-Gabiétous, French Pyrénées)

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Brown, Lee E ^a   Hannah, David M ^b   Milner, Alexander M ^b,c   Soulsby, Chris ^d   Hodson, Andrew J ^e   Brewer, Mark J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FLOW OF WATER; GLACIERS; MIXING; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; SNOW;

STREAM ECOLOGY; SUBGLACIAL WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WATER RESOURCES;

DATA ACQUISITION; FLOW OF WATER; GLACIERS; MIXING; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; SNOW; WATER RESOURCES;

HYDROCHEMISTRY; MELTWATER; MIXING; RIVER BASIN; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VALLEY GLACIER; WATER RESOURCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 33749381835     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004268     Document Type: Article

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