Locating groundwater discharge in large lakes using bottom sediment electrical conductivity mapping

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2609-2615

  Harvey, F Edwin ^a,c   Lee, David R ^b,d   Rudolph, David L ^a   Frape, Shaun K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN NUCLEAR LABORATORIES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; LAKE SEDIMENT; PIEZOMETER;

CANADA; HAMILTON; ONTARIO;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAKES; MAPPING; PROBES; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; SURVEYS;

BOTTOM SEDIMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUND WATER INFLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATERS; SEDIMENT PORE WATER; SEEPAGE METERS; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 0030700229     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR01702     Document Type: Article

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