Precipitation-runoff processes in Shimen hillslope micro-catchment of Taihang Mountain, north China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1332-1341

  Han, Shumin ^a   Yang, Yonghui ^a   Fan, Tong ^a   Xiao, Dengpan ^a   Moiwo, Juana Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hillslope catchment; Mount Taihang; Precipitation; Runoff; Weathered granite gneiss

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION SYSTEMS; CRITICAL FACTORS; DEEP PERCOLATION; DOWNSLOPE; DROUGHT/FLOOD; EXTREME WEATHER; FLOOD-PLAINS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HILLSLOPES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LATERAL FLOW; MOUNT TAIHANG; NORTH CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; RUNOFF YIELD; SLOPE LENGTH; SOIL MANTLE; STUDY AREAS; SUBSURFACE RUN-OFF; SUBSURFACE SOIL; TAIHANG MOUNTAINS; VERTICAL INFILTRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SHORTAGES; WEATHERED GRANITES;

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLVENTS; STORMS; WATER SUPPLY;

RUNOFF;

BEDROCK; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODPLAIN; HILLSLOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RECHARGE; SOIL; STREAMFLOW; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CHINA; TAIHANG MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84859647505     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8233     Document Type: Article

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