A stream tracer technique employing ionic tracers and specific conductance data applied to the Maimai catchment, New Zealand

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2491-2506

  Gooseff, Michael N ^a   McGlynn, Brian L ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromide; Hyporheic zone; OTIS; Solute transport modelling; Specific conductance; Tracer test; Transient storage

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BROMIDE; HYPORHEIC ZONE; NEW ZEALAND; SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELLING; SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE; TRACER TEST; TRANSIENT STORAGE MODELS (TSMS);

STREAM FLOW;

BASEFLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYPORHEIC ZONE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAM; TRACER;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MAIMAI; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WEST COAST; WORLD;

EID: 24644457648     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5685     Document Type: Article

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