Conduit roughness and dye-trace breakthrough curves: Why slow velocity and high dispersivity may not reflect flow in distributed systems

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 211, 2012, Pages 915-925

  Gulley, J D ^a,b   Walthard, P ^a,c   Martin, J ^d   Banwell, A F ^b,e   Benn, D I ^b,f   Catania, G ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; DISPERSIVITY; DRAINAGE; DYE TRACER; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER RETREAT; MELTWATER; SNOWPACK; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84867190849     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG11J115     Document Type: Article

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