Geophysical constraints on deep weathering and water storage potential in the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 366-380

  Holbrook, W Steven ^a   Riebe, Clifford S ^a   Elwaseif, Mehrez ^a   Hayes, Jorden L ^a   Basler Reeder, Kyle ^b   Harry, Dennis L ^b   Malazian, Armen ^c   Dosseto, Anthony ^d   Hartsough, Peter C ^c   Hopmans, Jan W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical zone; Geophysics; Water storage

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; CRITICAL ZONES; DEGREE OF WEATHERINGS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; RESISTIVITY IMAGING; SEISMIC REFRACTION; WATER STORAGE;

FORESTRY; GEOPHYSICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OBSERVATORIES; POROSITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS;

WEATHERING;

BEDROCK; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HEADWATER; IMAGE PROCESSING; OBSERVATORY; POROSITY; REGOLITH; SAPROLITE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WATER STORAGE; WEATHERING PROFILE; WEATHERING RATE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896727264     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3502     Document Type: Article

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