On the use of rhodamine WT for the characterization of stream hydrodynamics and transient storage

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 6125-6142

  Runkel, Robert L ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hyporheic zone; OTIS; solute transport; sorption; tracer

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; FLUOROMETERS; GROUNDWATER; ISOMERS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SORPTION; SURFACE WATERS;

BREAK THROUGH CURVE; HYPORHEIC EXCHANGE; HYPORHEIC ZONE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; OTIS; PHYSICAL TRANSPORT; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TRACER;

STREAM FLOW;

DYE; FLUOROMETRY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPORHEIC ZONE; LITERATURE REVIEW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SORPTION; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; TRACER; TRANSIENT FLOW; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 84941995906     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017201     Document Type: Article

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