Hydrological storage and transmission characteristics of an alpine talus

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 2954-2966

  Muir, Danika L ^a,b   Hayashi, Masaki ^a,c   Mcclymont, Alastair F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Westwater Environmental Ltd   (Canada)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine hydrology; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydrogeophysics; Hydrograph; Scree; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

ALPINE HYDROLOGY; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; HYDROGRAPHS; SCREE; SNOWMELT;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFORMS; WATERSHEDS;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGY; QUARTZITE; SNOWMELT; WATERSHED;

EID: 80051886333     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8060     Document Type: Article

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