STUDY OF STREAMFLOW PROCESSES WITHIN A ME DITERRANEAN CATCHMENT - AN APPROACH BY STABLE ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES AND WATER CHEMISTRY

Authors
MARC V TRAVI Y PICHON A
Citation
V. Marc et al., STUDY OF STREAMFLOW PROCESSES WITHIN A ME DITERRANEAN CATCHMENT - AN APPROACH BY STABLE ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES AND WATER CHEMISTRY, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 323(1), 1996, pp. 57-64
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
323
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
57 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1996)323:1<57:SOSPWA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Streamflow mechanisms using stable environmental isotopes and water ch emistry have been studied in the Maurets catchment (Real Collobrier, m assif des Maures) over 2 years. In mediterranean climate and metamorph ic context, we identify, during flood events, an important contributio n of shallow pre-event water. Hydrographic separations using the natur al water borne tracers reveal the evolution with time of the different flow component proportions, in relation with saturation progression. A dynamic model of flow processes is proposed where the moisture condi tions before the flood play a key role.