Base flow recession rates, low flows, and hydrologic features of small watersheds in Pennsylvania, USA

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1177-1186

  Brandes, David ^a   Hoffmann, Justin G ^a   Mangarillo, James T ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Base flow; Geomorphology; Low flow; Physiography; Recession; Surface water ground water interactions

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DRAINAGE; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STREAM FLOW;

BASE FLOW; HYDROLOGIC FEATURES; LOW FLOWS; RECESSION RATES;

WATERSHEDS;

BASEFLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROGRAPH; LOW FLOW; STREAMFLOW;

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

EID: 26644472187     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03792.x     Document Type: Article

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