Macropore flow of old water revisited: Experimental insights from a tile-drained hillslope

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-118

  Klaus, J ^a   Zehe, E ^b   Elsner, M ^c   Kulls C ^d   McDonnell, J J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; HILLSLOPES; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; HYDROGRAPHS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; IRRIGATION WATERS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC DATA; LOWER BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MACROPORE FLOW; MACROPOROUS; MIXING CALCULATIONS; OLD WATER; OXYGEN-18; RAPID RELEASE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPES; TILE DRAINS; WATER RELEASE;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; DEUTERIUM; EXPERIMENTS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

DEUTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID FLOW; HILLSLOPE; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROMETRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MACROPORE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL WATER; TILE DRAIN;

EID: 84872692916     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-103-2013     Document Type: Article

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