Characterisation of the hydrology of an estuarine wetland

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 211, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 34-49

  Hughes, Catherine E ^a   Binning, Philip ^a   Willgoose, Garry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hunter Valley; Salt marshes; Tidal flats; Unsaturated zone; Water balance; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ESTUARIES; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WETLANDS;

HUNTER VALLEY; SALT MARSHES; TIDAL FLATS; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER BALANCE;

HYDROLOGY;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032214422     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00194-2     Document Type: Article

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