Evidence of groundwater flow on Antizana ice-covered volcano, Ecuador

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 278-291

  Favier, Vincent ^a,b   Coudrain, Anne ^b   Cadier, Eric ^c   Francou, Bernard ^c   Ayabaca, Edgar ^d   Maisincho, Luis ^e   Praderio, Estelle ^a,f   Villacis, Marcos ^b   Wagnon, Patrick ^g  

^a CEAZA   (Chile)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^d EMAAP Q   (Ecuador)

^e INAMIII   (Ecuador)

^f Hydrétudes ^*  (France)

^g INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Groundwater flow; Hydrological balance; Tracer experiments; Tropical glaciers; Water resources

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; HYDROLOGY; VOLCANOES; WATERSHEDS;

HYDROLOGICAL BALANCE; TRACER EXPERIMENTS; TROPICAL GLACIERS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

DISCHARGE; GLACIOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; MASS BALANCE; RUNOFF; TRACER; WATER RESOURCE;

ANTIZANA GLACIER; ECUADOR; PICHINCHA; QUITO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 40349100148     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.53.1.278     Document Type: Article

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