Integrated hydrogeological and geophysical study of depression-focused groundwater recharge in the Canadian prairies

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Berthold, Susann ^a,c   Bentley, Laurence R ^b   Hayashi, Masaki ^b  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Grundwasserforschungsinstitut G   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression focused recharge; Electrical resistivity imaging; Groundwater recharge; Prairie wetland

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LEACHING; WETLANDS;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY IMAGING (ERI); INTERTILL AQUIFER;

WATER RESOURCES;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; RECHARGE; SALINITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WETLAND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 3242702339     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002982     Document Type: Article

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