Lateral subsurface stormflow and solute transport in a forested hillslope: A combined measurement and modeling approach

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 8159-8178

  Laine Kaulio, Hanne ^a   Backnäs, Soile ^b   Karvonen, Tuomo ^c   Koivusalo, Harri ^a   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^d,e  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c WaterHope   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dual permeability model; forest soil; preferential flow; solute transport; subsurface stormflow; till

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IRRIGATION; SOILS; STORMS; TRACERS;

DUAL PERMEABILITY MODEL; FOREST SOILS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SUBSURFACE STORMFLOW; TILL;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CHLORIDE; FOREST SOIL; HILLSLOPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOIL HORIZON; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

FLUID FLOW; FORESTS; IRRIGATION; SOIL; VELOCITY;

FINLAND;

EID: 84911191288     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015381     Document Type: Article

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