Hydrochemical variability during flood events within a small forested catchment in Basque Country (Northern Spain)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 5367-5381

  Martinez Santos M ^a   Antiguedad I ^a   Ruiz Romera, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flood events; Hydrochemistry; Hydrograph separation techniques; Qp Qe ratio; Regression equations

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLOOD EVENT; FORESTED CATCHMENTS; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; QP/QE RATIO; REGRESSION EQUATION; TRACER-BASED TECHNIQUES;

SOURCE SEPARATION;

EID: 84926662547     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10011     Document Type: Article

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