Tracing sources of summer streamflow in boreal headwaters using isotopic signatures and water geochemical components

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 331, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 186-204

  Kværner, Jens ^a   Kløve, Bjørn ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Catchment hydrology; Hydrochemistry; O and H isotopes; Peatland; Stream water; Tracer hydrology

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPOSITION; DRAINAGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PEATLAND; STREAM WATER; TRACER HYDROLOGY;

STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPOSITION; DRAINAGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

BEDROCK; BOREAL; CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER; HEADWATER; HILLSLOPE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER; STREAMFLOW; STREAMWATER; SUMMER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 33750487500     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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