Investigating the applicability of end-member mixing analysis (EMMA) across scale: A study of eight small, nested catchments in a temperate forested watershed

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  James, April L ^a,b   Roulet, Nigel T ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MIXING; WATERSHEDS;

END MEMBER MIXING ANALYSIS (EMMA); GEOCHEMICAL MIXING MODELS; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; NESTED CATCHMENTS;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; MIXING; WATERSHEDS;

FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MIXING RATIO; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33749431695     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004419     Document Type: Article

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