Simulating groundwater flow and runoff for the Oro Moraine aquifer system. Part I. Model formulation and conceptual analysis

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 229, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 265-280

  Backers, J ^a   Frind, E O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Heterogeneity; Recharge Unsaturated zone; Runoff; Water balance

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

HETEROGENEITY; PSEUDO UNSATURATED MODEL; UNSATURATED ZONE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER MASS BALANCE;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RUNOFF;

EID: 0034678796     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00167-0     Document Type: Article

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