Solute transport dynamics in small, shallow groundwater-dominated agricultural catchments: Insights from a high-frequency, multisolute 10 yr-long monitoring study

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1379-1391

  Aubert, A H ^a,b   Gascuel Odoux, C ^a,b   Gruau, G ^c   Akkal, N ^a,b   Faucheux, M ^a,b   Fauvel, Y ^a,b   Grimaldi, C ^a,b   Hamon, Y ^a,b   Jaffrezic A ^a,b,d   Lecoz Boutnik, M ^c   Molenat J ^e   Petitjean, P ^c   Ruiz, L ^a,b   Merot, P ^a,b  

^a UMR SAS   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC AND INORGANIC CARBON; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; ORGANIC FERTILISERS; PRODUCTION LOCATIONS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

CARBON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DYNAMICS; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; RUNOFF; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

CATCHMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; CATCHMENT; CHLORIDE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; FERTILIZER; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEADWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MONITORING SYSTEM; NITRATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SULFATE; TIME SERIES; WATER QUALITY;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE;

EID: 84879075307     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1379-2013     Document Type: Article

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