Origins of streamflow in a crystalline basement catchment in a sub-humid Sudanian zone: The Donga basin (Benin, West Africa). Inter-annual variability of water budget

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 402, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Seguis L ^a   Kamagate B ^b   Favreau, G ^a   Descloitres, M ^c   Seidel, J L ^d   Galle, S ^c   Peugeot, C ^a   Gosset, M ^c   Le Barbe L ^c   Malinur, F ^c   Van Exter, S ^d   Arjounin, M ^c   Boubkraoui, S ^c   Wubda, M ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e NONE   (Benin)

Author keywords

Basement catchment; Perched aquifer; Streamflow decomposition; Sudanian climate; Water isotopes; West Africa

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT CATCHMENT; PERCHED AQUIFER; SUDANIAN CLIMATE; WATER ISOTOPES; WEST AFRICA;

AQUIFERS; BUDGET CONTROL; BUILDINGS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

CATCHMENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; AQUIFER; BEDROCK; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEADWATER; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; REGOLITH; STREAMFLOW; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER BUDGET; WATERLOGGING;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; DONGA BASIN;

EID: 79954987514     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.054     Document Type: Article

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