Inferring groundwater influences on surface water in montane catchments from hydrochemical surveys of springs and streamwaters

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 333, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 199-213

  Soulsby, C ^a   Tetzlaff, D ^a   van den Bedem, N ^a   Malcolm, I A ^b   Bacon, P J ^b   Youngson, A F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cairngorms; Groundwater; Groundwater surface water interactions; Hydrochemistry; Hydrological flow paths; Residence times; Scotland; Tracers

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

BASEFLOWS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL FLOW PATHS; TRACERS;

STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; STREAM FLOW;

ALKALINITY; CATCHMENT; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PATH ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPRING WATER; STORM; STREAMWATER; TRACER;

CAIRNGORM MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAMPIAN HIGHLANDS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846178680     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.08.016     Document Type: Article

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