Incorporating seepage losses into the unsteady streamflow equations for simulating intermittent flow along mountain front streams

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Niswonger, Richard G ^a,b   Prudic, David E ^b   Pohll, Greg ^c   Constantz, Jim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW;

ALLUVIAL PLAINS; SEEPAGE LOSSES; STREAM DEPTH; STREAMFLOW EQUATIONS;

SEEPAGE;

FLOW MODELING; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SEEPAGE; STREAMFLOW;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22444439916     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003677     Document Type: Article

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