Hydrological processes of a rainforest headwater swamp from natural chemical tracing in Nsimi watershed, Cameroon

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2246-2260

  Maréchal, Jean Christophe ^a,b,c,d   Braun, Jean Jacques ^a,b,c,d   Riotte, Jean ^a,b,c,d   Bedimo, Jean Pierre Bedimo ^e   Boeglin, Jean Loup ^a,b,c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology   (India)

^e Inst Rech Geologiques et Minieres   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Chloride mass balance; EMMA; Evapotranspiration; Groundwater recharge; Low flow; Streamflow; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; BEDROCK AQUIFERS; CAMEROON; CHLORIDE MASS BALANCE; DRY SEASONS; EMMA; END-MEMBER MIXING ANALYSIS; FLOOD ATTENUATION; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; HEAD WATERS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; INITIAL SATURATION; LOW FLOW; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SPACE AND TIME; STORM EVENTS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WET SEASON;

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; STORMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

WETLANDS;

AQUIFER; BEDROCK; CHLORIDE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEADWATER; LOW FLOW; MASS BALANCE; OVERLAND FLOW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; RECHARGE; STREAMFLOW; SWAMP; TRACER; TROPICAL FOREST;

CAMEROON; NSIMI; SUD PROVINCE;

EID: 79960025358     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7989     Document Type: Article

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