The role of bedrock groundwater in rainfall-runoff response at hillslope and catchment scales

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 450-451, Issue , 2012, Pages 117-133

  Gabrielli, C P ^a   McDonnell, J J ^b   Jarvis, W T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bedrock groundwater; Hillslope hydrology; Rainfall runoff; Stormflow

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK AQUIFERS; CATCHMENT SCALE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DRILLING SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC COMPONENT; EVENT-BASED; FLOW CONDITION; FRACTURE FLOW; GEOLOGICAL CONTROL; GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS; H.J. ANDREWS EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; HARD ROCKS; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; HILLSLOPE HYDROLOGY; HILLSLOPES; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; NEW ZEALAND; OREGON , USA; POTENTIAL RANGE; RAINFALL RUNOFF; RUNOFF GENERATION; STORM EVENTS; STORM FLOW; SUBSURFACE STORMFLOW; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; DYNAMICS; ROCK DRILLING; RUNOFF; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STORMS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; BEDROCK; CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER; HILLSLOPE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER TABLE;

NEW ZEALAND; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862704326     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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