Internal structure and hydrological functions of an alpine proglacial moraine

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 2967-2982

  Langston, Gregory ^a   Bentley, Laurence R ^a   Hayashi, Masaki ^a   Mcclymont, Alastair ^a   Pidlisecky, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine hydrology; Geophysical imaging; Glacier; Groundwater; Hydrogeophysics; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

ALPINE HYDROLOGY; ALPINE WATERSHED; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY IMAGING; FLOW SYSTEMS; GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER PROCESS; HEAD WATERS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; HYDROLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; PROGLACIAL; SATURATED SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC REFRACTION DATA; SEISMIC REFRACTION TOMOGRAPHY; SNOWMELT; WATER RELEASE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAKES; LANDFORMS; REFRACTION; SEISMOLOGY; STREAM FLOW; WATER LEVELS; WATERSHEDS;

ICE;

BEDROCK; GLACIER; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; MORAINE; PERMAFROST; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; WATER LEVEL; WATERSHED;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; LAKE O'HARA;

EID: 80051881068     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8144     Document Type: Article

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