Use of δ18O tracer to identify stream and spring origins of a mountainous catchment: A case study from Liddar watershed, Western Himalaya, India

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 393, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 257-264

  Jeelani, Gh ^a   Bhat, Nadeem A ^a   Shivanna, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

18O; Precipitation; Recharge; Snowmelt; Springs; Western Himalaya

Indexed keywords

HIMALAYAS; PRECIPITATION; RECHARGE; SNOWMELT; SPRINGS;

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; RAIN; RUNOFF; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

ALTITUDE; BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOUNTAIN REGION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SNOWMELT; SPRING WATER; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACER; WATER QUALITY;

INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; LIDDAR BASIN;

EID: 77957876665     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.08.021     Document Type: Article

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