Transient modelling of water-table variation in a floodplain wetland, Narborough Bog, Leicestershire

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 185, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 87-114

  Bradley, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER MODEL; MODFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER TABLE; WATER TABLE MODEL; WETLAND ENVIRONMENT; WETLANDS;

UK, ENGLAND, LEICESTERSHIRE, NARBOROUGH BOG;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); STRATIGRAPHY;

FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MODFLOW; WATER TABLE MODELS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

EID: 0030274094     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)03005-0     Document Type: Article

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