Truncation of stream residence time: How the use of stable isotopes has skewed our concept of streamwater age and origin

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1646-1659

  Stewart, Michael K ^a   Morgenstern, Uwe ^b   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^c  

^a Aquifer Dynamics Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloride; Groundwater; Oxygen 18; Residence time; Streamflow; Tritium

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEDROCK GEOLOGY; HEAD WATERS; LONG TAIL; MESOSCALE; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN-18; RESIDENCE TIME; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; RETENTION TIME; ROADMAP; SCALING RELATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPE DATA; STABLE ISOTOPES; STREAM WATER; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY; WATERSHED SCALE;

CATCHMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEUTERIUM; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

TRITIUM;

CHLORIDE; GROUNDWATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RESIDENCE TIME; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMFLOW; STREAMWATER; TRITIUM; WATERSHED;

EID: 77149149309     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7576     Document Type: Article

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