A tale of two isotopes: Differences in hydrograph separation for a runoff event when using δD versus δ18O

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2095-2101

  Lyon, Steve W ^a   Desilets, Sharon L E ^b   Troch, Peter A ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrograph separation; Off axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy; Stable water isotopes

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; INTEGRATED CAVITY OUTPUT SPECTROSCOPIES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; OFF-AXIS; OFF-AXIS INTEGRATED CAVITY OUTPUT SPECTROSCOPY; REDUNDANT INFORMATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SOUTHWEST USA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STABLE WATER ISOTOPES;

CATCHMENTS; RUNOFF; SEPARATION;

ISOTOPES;

CATCHMENT; HYDROGRAPH; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 67650320821     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7326     Document Type: Article

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