A rainfall loading response recorded at 300 meters depth: Implications for geological weighing lysimeters

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 319, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 237-244

  Sophocleous, Marios ^a   Bardsley, Earl ^b   Healey, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Barometric efficiency; Dakota confined aquifer; Earth tides; Loading coefficient; Pore water pressure; Well water levels

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DEFORMATION; EVAPORATION; GEOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LYSIMETERS; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS;

BAROMETRIC EFFICIENCY; DAKOTA CONFINED AQUIFER; EARTH TIDES; LOADING COEFFICIENT; PORE WATER PRESSURE; WELL WATER LEVELS;

PORE PRESSURE;

AQUIFERS; DEFORMATION; EVAPORATION; GEOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LYSIMETERS; PORE PRESSURE; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS;

CONFINED AQUIFER; HYDROGEOLOGY; POREWATER; RAINFALL; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 32044440087     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.06.031     Document Type: Article

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