In the simulations, sediment deposition, not palaeosol formation, has the most profound influence on the present-day hydrological functioning of the catchment: a true deposystem service.
This approach led to identify different types of response for each water quality parameter which occurrence can be quantified and related to the seasonal functioning of the catchment.
The impact of differing groundwater regimes on sediment discharge is examined for a simple, idealised catchment, Sediment discharge is found to be a function of the evolving catchment morphology.
Although the hydrological functioning of this catchment is poorly known, it is assumed to actively supply water to the lower semi-arid areas of the Elqui river basin.
It is assumed herein that the width function is representative of the catchment's hydrological response.
All in all, the results demonstrated that 234U/238U ratios and δ18O generally provide a consistent picture of the hydrological and biogeochemical functioning of the investigated catchment.
The functions of the Owabi catchment which include maintenance of water quality, water storage, water recharge, reproduction area for fish and other aquatic organisms and climate control can adversely be affected by high population and associated increase in human activities (Okurut et al. 2000).
Alpine catchments are important sources of fresh water but compared to lower altitude catchments our understanding of the hydrological functioning of these catchments during rainfall and snowmelt events is still limited.
They introduced a new empirical relation to determine the mobility coefficient as a function of geomorphologic catchment parameters (reflecting some of the flow properties during the depositional part of an event).
We used generalized least squares regression models to investigate how the parameters of the SSY rating curve varied as a function of catchment setting, and whether the setting modulated the SSY response to forest harvesting.
