Influence of lowland aquifers and anthropogenic impacts on the isotope hydrology of contrasting mesoscale catchments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 793-808

  Mcgrane, Scott James ^a   Tetzlaff, Doerthe ^a   Soulsby, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Lowland; Stable isotopes; Tracers; Transit times

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC; ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; LOWLAND; SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRANSIT TIME; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS;

AQUIFERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SANDSTONE; SEWAGE;

CATCHMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; CATCHMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER; TRACER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84891748353     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9610     Document Type: Article

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