Integrating topography, hydrology and rock structure in weathering rate models of spring watersheds

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 428-429, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-50

  Pacheco, Fernando A L ^a   Van der Weijden, Cornelis H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Modeling; Spring watersheds; Surface area; Travel time; Weathering rates

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL DATA; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISCHARGE RATES; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; EXPERIMENTAL KINETICS; FLOW PATH; FRACTURE SPACING; GIBBSITES; HALLOYSITE; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS; NEW MODEL; PORTUGAL; RATE EQUATIONS; REGRESSION EQUATION; RIVER BASINS; ROCK STRUCTURES; SCALING FUNCTIONS; SCALING PROPERTIES; STREAM ORDER; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE AREA; TERRAIN MODELING; WATER BALANCE MODELS; WATERSHED AREAS; WATERSHED SCALE; WEATHERING RATES;

CATCHMENTS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; ESTIMATION; FELDSPAR; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; KAOLINITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; TRAVEL TIME; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

LANDFORMS;

ALGORITHM; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EQUILIBRIUM; FLOW PATTERN; FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIBBSITE; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HALLOYSITE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLAGIOCLASE; POROSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SPRING WATER; SURFACE AREA; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TRAVEL TIME; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED; WEATHERING RATE;

PORTUGAL; VOUGA BASIN;

EID: 84857689845     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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