Hydrology and hydrochemistry of a deglaciating high-Arctic catchment, Svalbard

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 410, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 39-50

  Rutter, Nick ^a   Hodson, Andy ^b   Irvine Fynn, Tristram ^b   Solås, Monica Kristensen ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Arctic Science Logistics Centre (ASLC)   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Glacier hydrology; Hydrochemistry; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL FUNCTIONING; DEGLACIATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM LINE ALTITUDES; FLOW PATH; GLACIER HYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; INTERMITTENT STREAMS; MASS BALANCE; MASS INCREASE; MASS LOSS; NUTRIENT ACQUISITION; PHYSICAL WEATHERING; PROGLACIAL; RUNOFF CHEMISTRY; SOLUTE CONTENT; SUPERIMPOSED ICE; SVALBARD; TRANSIT TIME;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; DEBRIS; GLACIERS; HYDROCHEMISTRY;

RUNOFF;

CARBONATE; CATCHMENT; DEGLACIATION; FIRN; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MASS BALANCE; MORAINE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RUNOFF; SANDSTONE; SHALE; WEATHERING;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 80054853094     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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