Effects of the lateral and vertical expansion of the water flowpath in bedrock on temporal changes in hillslope discharge

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Uchida, Taro ^a   Miyata, Shusuke ^b   Asano, Yuko ^c  

^a PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW OF WATER; FLOW RATE; FRACTURE; HYDRAULICS; PORE PRESSURE; RUNOFF; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

BASE FLOWS; CONTRIBUTING AREAS; FIRST ORDERS; FLOW-PATHS; FRACTURED BEDROCK; HILLSLOPE DISCHARGE; HILLSLOPES; LATERAL EXPANSION; TEMPORAL CHANGES; WATER FLOW; WATER FLOW RATES; WATER RUNOFF;

FLUID MECHANICS;

BASEFLOW; BEDROCK; DISCHARGE; FLOW PATTERN; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HILLSLOPE; RUNOFF; WATER FLOW;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 53749098958     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034566     Document Type: Article

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