Riparian control of stream-water chemistry : Implications for hydrochemical basin models

Hooper, Richard P. and Aulenbach, Brent T. and Burns, Douglas A. and McDonnell, Jeffrey and Freer, James and Kendall, Carol and Beven, Keith (1998) Riparian control of stream-water chemistry : Implications for hydrochemical basin models. IAHS-AISH Publication, 248. pp. 451-458. ISSN 0144-7815

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Abstract

End-member mixing analysis has been used to determine the hydrological structure for basin hydrochemical models at several catchments. Implicit in this use is the assumption that controlling end members have been identified, and that these end members represent distinct landscape locations. At the Panola Mountain Research Watershed, the choice of controlling end members was supported when a large change in the calcium and sulphate concentration of one of the end members was reflected in the stream water. More extensive sampling of groundwater and soil water indicated, however, that the geographic extent of the contributing end members was limited to the riparian zone. Hillslope solutions were chemically distinct from the riparian solutions and did not appear to make a large contribution to streamflow. The dominant control of the riparian zone on stream-water chemistry suggests that hydrological flow paths cannot be inferred from stream-water chemical dynamics.

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Journal Article
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IAHS-AISH Publication
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?? oceanographywater science and technology ??
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129652
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