Modelling two-dimensional steady-state groundwater flow and flow sensitivity to boundary conditions in blanket peat complexes

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 371-386

  Lapen, D R ^a   Price, J S ^b   Gilbert, R ^c  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blanket bog; Groundwater flow; Newfoundland; Paludification; Peatlands; Steady state finite element model

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; DRAINAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PEAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEADY FLOW; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC RECHARGE; FLOW SENSITIVITY; PALUDIFICATION PROCESSES; WATER TABLES;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PALUDIFICATION; PEATLAND; RECHARGE; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244254026     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1507     Document Type: Article

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