Modified passive capillary samplers for collecting samples of snowmelt infiltration for stable isotope analysis in remote, seasonally inaccessible watersheds 2: Field evaluation

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 834-849

  Frisbee, Marty D ^a   Phillips, Fred M ^a   Campbell, Andrew R ^a   Hendrickx, Jan M H ^a   Engle, Emily M ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine; PCAPS; Remote watershed; Runoff; Snowmelt; Soil meltwater

Indexed keywords

ALPINE WATERSHED; ENDMEMBERS; FIELD EVALUATION; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; MATRIX FLOW; PCAPS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; REMOTE LOCATION; ROCK LAYERS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SHALLOW SOILS; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOW-MELT SEASON; SNOWMELT; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE RUN-OFF; SUMMER RAINFALL; SURFACE RUNOFFS; WATERSHED RUNOFF;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DESIGN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MECHANICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WATERSHEDS;

SOILS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTWATER; RUNOFF; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATERSHED;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77951687326     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7524     Document Type: Article

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