Oxygen-18 dynamics in precipitation and streamflow in a semi-arid agricultural watershed, Eastern Washington, USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 446-460

  Moravec, Bryan G ^a,b   Keller, C Kent ^a   Smith, Jeffrey L ^a   Allen King, Richelle M ^c   Goodwin, Angela J ^a,d   Fairley, Jerry P ^e   Larson, Peter B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d HART CROWSER INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental tracers; Isotope hydrology; Streamflow generation; Tile drain; Watershed hydrology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; DEEP SOILS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; FLOW PATHWAYS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; MISSOURIS; OXYGEN-18; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RIVER BASINS; SEASONAL SHIFTS; SEMI ARID; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SHALLOW SOILS; STREAM WATER; TILE DRAINAGE; TILE DRAINS; WASHINGTON , USA; WATER PARTITIONING; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY; WATERSHED SCALE; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

CATCHMENTS; CULTIVATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; VAPORS;

WATERSHEDS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; STREAMFLOW; TILE DRAIN; TRACER; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77949635036     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7515     Document Type: Article

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