Groundwater flow through Pleistocene glacial deposits in the rapidly urbanizing Rouge River-Highland Creek watershed, City of Scarborough, southern Ontario, Canada

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 288-303

  Meriano, Mandana ^a   Eyles, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conceptual models; Confining units; Groundwater flow; Groundwater recharge groundwater budget; Numerical modeling; Urban groundwater

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FLUID FLOW; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GROUNDWATER; PLEISTOCENE; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; ONTARIO; SCARBOROUGH;

QUERCUS;

EID: 0043268729     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-002-0226-4     Document Type: Article

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