Importance of groundwater in the water balance of an alpine headwater lake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Hood, Jaime Lynn ^a   Roy, James W ^a   Hayashi, Masaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GLACIERS; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; WATERSHEDS;

GROUNDWATER EXCHANGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW PATHS; GROUNDWATER INFLOW; WATER BALANCE;

GROUNDWATER;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; LAKE WATER; MOUNTAIN STREAM; WATER BUDGET;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845632331     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026611     Document Type: Article

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