Investigation of runoff generation in a pristine, poorly gauged catchment in the Chilean Andes I: A multi-method experimental study

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3661-3675

  Blume, Theresa ^a   Zehe, Erwin ^a   Reusser, Dominik E ^a   Iroumé, Andrés ^b   Bronstert, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Electric resistivity; Groundwater dynamics; Interception; Runoff generation; Soil moisture; Tracers; Volcanic ash soil; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DROUGHT; DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; RISK PERCEPTION; RUNOFF; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SULFATE MINERALS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER SOILS; VOLCANOES; WELL FLOODING;

CATCHMENT SCALES; DAMPENING EFFECTS; DATA COLLECTIONS; ELECTRIC RESISTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FINANCIAL COSTS; GEO-ELECTRICAL SOUNDING; GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS; HUMAN INTERVENTION; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES; INTERCEPTION; LAND USE CHANGES; LITTLE RESEARCH; LONG TIME; RAINFALL-RUNOFF; RUNOFF GENERATION; SOIL MINERALOGY; SOIL PHYSICS; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; STREAMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; TRACER TECHNIQUES; TRACERS; VOLCANIC ASH SOIL; VOLCANIC ASH SOILS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CATCHMENTS;

EROSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 52149091486     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6971     Document Type: Article

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