Hydrogeomorphic controls on hyporheic and riparian transport in two headwater mountain streams during base flow recession

Water Resources Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1479-1497

  Ward, Adam S ^a   Schmadel, Noah M ^a   Wondzell, Steven M ^b   Harman, Ciaran ^c   Gooseff, Michael N ^d   Singha, Kamini ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^e Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

hyporheic; riparian hydrology; solute tracer; solute transport; time variable transit time distribution

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW;

DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; H.J. ANDREWS EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; HYDROGEOMORPHIC CONTROLS; HYPORHEIC; SOLUTE TRACERS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS;

RIVERS;

ARRIVAL TIME; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEADWATER; HYPORHEIC ZONE; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAMWATER; TRACER; WATERSHED;

H.J. ANDREWS EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84977830628     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR018225     Document Type: Article

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