Estimating Rainfall Recharge and Soil Water Residence Times in Pukekohe, New Zealand, by Combining Geophysical, Chemical, and Isotopic Methods

Ground Water

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 836-844

  Rosen, Michael R ^a   Bright, John ^b   Carran, Peter ^b   Stewart, Michael K ^a   Reeves, Robert ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; RAIN; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

RAINFALL RECHARGE; SOIL WATER RESIDENCE TIME; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

EID: 0033345614     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1999.tb01182.x     Document Type: Article

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