Landscape control of water chemistry in northern boreal streams of Alberta

• Published in: Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) Vol. 323; no. 1; pp. 303 - 324
• Main Authors: McEachern, P., Prepas, E.E., Chanasyk, D.S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 30.05.2006; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: boreal forests; Catchment; clearcutting; Deuterium; Discharge; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; end-member mixing analysis; End-member mixing analysis (EMMA); Exact sciences and technology; Fen; fens; forested watersheds; Freshwater; Geochemistry; hydrochemistry; Hydrology; Hydrology. Hydrogeology; Isotope geochemistry; Isotope geochemistry. Geochronology; landscapes; logging; Mineralogy; oxygen; Oxygen-18; Peatland; peatlands; Runoff; Silicates; Snow; snowmelt; spring; Stable isotopes; streams; summer; Water geochemistry; watershed hydrology; Alberta; Canada; Western Canada; Canada, Alberta; Deuterium; Hydrology; Catchment; Snow; Runoff; Oxygen-18; Stable isotopes; Peatland; End-member mixing analysis (EMMA); Fen; Discharge; O-18/O-16; mixing; ground water; North America; principal components analysis; drainage basins; water storage; aquifers; hydrochemistry; deuterium; peat bogs; discharge; soils; stable isotopes; rainfall; streams; runoff; meltwater; permafrost; snow; boreal zone; hydrographs

End-member mixing analysis (EMMA) and isotopes of water (deuterium and oxygen-18) are used to describe hydrologic processes for six boreal forest catchments in the discontinuous permafrost of northern Alberta. The data presented in this paper represent pre-disturbance conditions during two average p...