Water source dynamics of high Arctic river basins

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3521-3538

  Blaen, Phillip J ^a   Hannah, David M ^a   Brown, Lee E ^b   Milner, Alexander M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic river; Basin hydrology; Hydrochemistry; Isotopes; Svalbard; Tracers

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERSHEDS;

ARCTIC RIVERS; BASIN HYDROLOGY; END-MEMBER MIXING ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SOIL WATER STORAGE; SVALBARD;

RIVERS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTWATER; MIXING; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACER; WATER QUALITY;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84899912464     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9891     Document Type: Article

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