Water source characterization through spatiotemporal patterns of major, minor and trace element stream concentrations in a complex, mesoscale German catchment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2028-2043

  Fröhlich, Holger L ^a   Breuer, Lutz ^a   Frede, Hans Georg ^a   Huisman, Johan A ^a   Vaché, Kellie B ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catchment heterogeneity; Principle component analysis; Snapshot sampling; Spatiotemporal patterns; Stream water chemistry; Water source characterization

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; RUNOFF; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; MESO SCALE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL PATTERNS; STREAM WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER SOURCES;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DILL RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HESSE;

EID: 47249114839     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6804     Document Type: Article

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