Source-to-stream connectivity assessment through end-member mixing analysis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 392, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 119-135

  Ali, Geneviève A ^a   Roy, André G ^a   Turmel, Marie Claude ^a   Courchesne, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical tracers; End member mixing analysis; Hydrologic connectivity; Source areas

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; BROKEN DOWN; CHEMICAL TRACERS; COMPLEX PROCESSES; DOWNSLOPE; END-MEMBER MIXING ANALYSIS; ENDMEMBERS; FORESTED CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; INTERNAL STATE; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; ORGANIC SOIL; PREDICTIVE POWER; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SOURCE AREA; STREAM CHEMISTRY; STREAM DISCHARGE; THROUGHFALL;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; HYDRAULICS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; UNDERWATER SOILS;

MIXING;

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; FORESTED CATCHMENT; MIXING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL WATER; STREAMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

CANADA; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77953241709     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.07.049     Document Type: Article

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