Evaluating runoff generation during summer using hydrometric, stable isotope and hydrochemical methods in a discontinuous permafrost alpine catchment

Abstract Research on runoff generation in catchments with discontinuous permafrost has focused primarily upon the role of surface organic layers and frozen soils (both permanent and seasonal). Much of this work has been hydrometric, with isotope and hydrochemical methods receiving only limited application in delineating old and new water contributions and chemically inferred hydrological pathways. In a small subarctic alpine catchment within …