Catchment conceptualisation for examining applicability of chloride mass balance method in an area with historical forest clearance

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1233-1245

  Guan, H ^a,b   Love, A J ^a,b,c   Simmons, C T ^a,b   Hutson, J ^a,b   Ding, Z ^a,d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

^c Department of Water Land and Biodiversity Conservation ^*  (Australia)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENT SCALE; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; CHLORIDE FLUX; CHLORIDE MASS BALANCE; CURRENT SYSTEM; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HILLY AREAS; LAND SURFACE; LATERAL FLOW; LOCAL CLIMATE; NON EQUILIBRIUM; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STEADY STATE; STUDY AREAS; WATER TRANSFERS;

ARID REGIONS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDRAULICS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS;

ARID REGION; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CHLORIDE; CLEARCUTTING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RECHARGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; STREAMFLOW;

AUSTRALIA; MOUNT LOFTY RANGES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78049410612     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1233-2010     Document Type: Article

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