Temporal variation in end-member chemistry and its influence on runoff mixing patterns in a forested, Piedmont catchment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1828-1844

  Inamdar, Shreeram ^a   Dhillon, Gurbir ^a   Singh, Shatrughan ^a   Dutta, Sudarshan ^a   Levia, Delphis ^a   Scott, Durelle ^b   Mitchell, Myron ^c   Van Stan, John ^d   McHale, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Department of Geology and Geography ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

base flow; catchment; end member mixing analysis (EMMA); hydrograph separation; hydrologic flow paths; storm flow; surface runoff

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CATCHMENTS; DATA STREAMS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYSTERESIS; MIXING; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; STORMS;

BASEFLOWS; END-MEMBER MIXING ANALYSIS; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; HYDROLOGIC FLOW; STORM FLOW; SURFACE RUNOFFS;

RUNOFF;

BASEFLOW; FORESTED CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PIEDMONT; RAINSTORM; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOIL WATER; STEMFLOW; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THROUGHFALL;

PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877969630     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20158     Document Type: Article

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