Role of geomorphic and hydraulic parameters in governing pore water seepage from salt marsh sediments

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Gardner, Leonard Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDRAULICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; SEEPAGE; SURFACE WATERS;

CREEK BANKS; TIDAL CHANNELS; TIDAL CYCLES; TOTAL SEEPAGE VOLUME;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

POREWATER; SALTMARSH; SEEPAGE;

EID: 23944523778     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003671     Document Type: Article

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