Mechanisms affecting stormflow generation and solute behaviour in a Sahelian headwater catchment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 337, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 104-116

  Ribolzi, Olivier ^a   Karambiri, Harouna ^b   Bariac, Thierry ^c   Benedetti, Marc ^d   Caquineaux, Sandrine ^e   Descloitres, Marc ^f   Aventurier, Alain ^g  

^a Institut de recherche pour le developpement Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

^b Groupe EIER ETSHER   (Burkina Faso)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^g CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Event water; Hortonian overland flow; Isotopic tracing; Runoff chemistry; Semi arid zone; Subsurface flow; Suspended load

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOTOPES; RAIN; RUNOFF; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

HORTONIAN OVERLAND FLOW; ISOTOPIC TRACING; RUNOFF CHEMISTRY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSPENDED LOADS;

STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOTOPES; RAIN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ALKALINITY; ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; CATCHMENT; DISSOLVED LOAD; FLOOD; HEADWATER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITRATE; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; STREAMWATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

HORTONIA;

EID: 33947719375     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.01.019     Document Type: Article

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