Flow path depth is the main controller of mean base flow transit times in a mountainous catchment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Asano, Yuko ^a   Uchida, Taro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ACTIVE SOILS; BASEFLOWS; FLOW PATH; GEOCHEMICAL TRACER; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; IN-FIELD; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; MESOSCALE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TRANSIT TIME; WATER FLOWS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AERODYNAMICS; RUNOFF; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CATCHMENTS;

ACTIVE LAYER; BASEFLOW; BEDROCK; CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW REGULATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; RECHARGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

JAPAN;

EID: 84858681410     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010906     Document Type: Article

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