Quantifying macropore recharge: Examples from a semi-arid area

Ground Water

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1097-1106

  Wood, Warren W ^a   Rainwater, Ken A ^b   Thompson, David B ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; RAIN;

MACROPORE RECHARGING; TOPOGRAPHY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTPIC ANALYSIS; MACROPORE; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; UNSATURATED ZONE;

HIGH PLAINS; NEW MEXICO; TEXAS; USA;

EID: 0031281491     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1997.tb00182.x     Document Type: Article

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