Hillslope hydrograph analysis using synthetic and natural oxygen-18 signatures

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 475, Issue , 2012, Pages 415-427

  Dusek, Jaromir ^a   Vogel, Tomas ^a   Sanda, Martin ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diffusion wave equation; Dual permeability model; Hillslope hydrograph separation; Preferential flow; Shallow subsurface runoff; Stable isotope transport in soil

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION WAVE EQUATION; DUAL-PERMEABILITY MODELS; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISOTOPES; MIXING; RAIN; SOILS; THUNDERSTORMS;

RUNOFF;

BEDROCK; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; HILLSLOPE; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PERMEABILITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINSTORM; RICHARDS EQUATION; RUNOFF; SOIL PROFILE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VERTICAL MIXING; WAVE EQUATION;

EID: 84870248200     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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