Tracking water pathways in steep hillslopes by δ18O depth profiles of soil water

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 340-352

  Mueller, Matthias H ^a   Alaoui, Abdallah ^b   Kuells, Christoph ^c,e   Leistert, Hannes ^c   Meusburger, Katrin ^a   Stumpp, Christine ^d   Weiler, Markus ^c   Alewell, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e LÜBECK UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Modeling; Snowmelt; Soil water; Stable isotopes; Steep hillslopes; Water pathways

Indexed keywords

HILLSLOPES; SNOWMELT; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPES; WATER-PATHWAY;

MODELS;

HILLSLOPE; INFILTRATION; MIXING; OVERLAND FLOW; PERCOLATION; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER FLOW; WINTER;

ALPS;

EID: 84905377193     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.07.031     Document Type: Article

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