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concentration-discharge relationship

Scope: hydrology
Papers: 10 | Mentions: 11

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Definition

The relationship between solute concentrations and discharge in streams, widely used as a metric for interpreting interaction of hydrological processes, chemical transport, and mineral reactions in watersheds

Related Terms (9)

C-Q relationshipsC-Q relationsC-Q relationshipC-Q dynamicsC-QC-Q analysisC-Q slopeexport patternC-Q patterns

Publications (11)

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River thorium concentrations can record bedrock fracture processes including some triggered by distant seismic events

2023Nature Communicationsreferenced
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Quantifying Subsurface Flow and Solute Transport in a Snowmelt-Recharged Hillslope With Multiyear Water Balance

2022Water Resources Researchmeasured
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Understanding the Hydrogeochemical Response of a Mountainous Watershed Using Integrated Surface-Subsurface Flow and Reactive Transport Modeling

2022Water Resources Researchcentral
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Concentration-Discharge Relationships of Dissolved Rhenium in Alpine Catchments Reveal Its Use as a Tracer of Oxidative Weathering

2021Water Resources Researchframework
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Differential C-Q Analysis: A New Approach to Inferring Lateral Transport and Hydrologic Transients Within Multiple Reaches of a Mountainous Headwater Catchment

2020Frontiers in Watercentral
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Significant stream chemistry response to temperature variations in a high-elevation mountain watershed

2020Communications Earth & Environment. DOI: 10.1038/s43247-020-00039-wcentral
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Significant stream chemistry response to temperature variations in a high-elevation mountain watershed

2020Communications Earth & Environment. DOI: 10.1038/s43247-020-00039-wmeasured
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Depth- and time-resolved distributions of snowmelt-driven hillslope subsurface flow and transport and their contributions to surface waters.

2019Water Resources Researchmeasured
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Distinct Source Water Chemistry Shapes Contrasting Concentration-Discharge Patterns

2019Water Resources Researchcentral
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Snowmelt controls on concentration-discharge relationships and the balance of oxidative and acid-base weathering fluxes in an alpine catchment, East River, Colorado

2017Water Resources Researchcentral
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