Shifts in discharge-concentration relationships as a small catchment recover from severe drought

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 498-507

  Burt, Tim P ^a   Worrall, Fred ^b   Howden, Nicholas J K ^c   Anderson, Malcolm G ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemographs; Drought; Hysteresis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HYSTERESIS; RECOVERY; RUNOFF; STORMS; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMOGRAPHS; DISCHARGE CONCENTRATION; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; RECOVERY PERIODS; SMALL CATCHMENT; STREAM ECOLOGY; WATER QUALITY RESPONSE; WATER SAMPLERS;

DROUGHT;

EID: 84921065077     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10169     Document Type: Article

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