Surface water-groundwater interactions in semiarid drainages of the American southwest

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3371-3394

  Newman, Brent D ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^b   Groffman, Armand R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Recharge; Semiarid; Surface water groundwater interactions

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; SURFACE WATERS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOHYDROLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SEMIARID DRAINAGES; SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTIONS;

DRAINAGE;

ARID REGIONS; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; SURFACE WATERS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DRAINAGE BASIN; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION;

EID: 33646503518     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6336     Document Type: Article

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