Using long-term data sets to understand transit times in contrasting headwater catchments

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 367, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 237-248

  Hrachowitz, M ^a   Soulsby, C ^a   Tetzlaff, D ^a   Dawson, J J C ^a   Dunn, S M ^b   Malcolm, I A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 f; Chloride; Runoff processes; Spectral analysis; Tracers; Transit times

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RUNOFF; SOILS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

1/F; CHLORIDE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TRACERS; TRANSIT TIMES;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; METAMORPHISM; PERMEABILITY; PODZOL; RUNOFF; SOIL HORIZON; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LOCH ARD; SCOTLAND; SCOTTISH BORDERS; SOURHOPE; STIRLING; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 61849184362     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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