Structural controls on groundwater flow and groundwater salinity in the Spicers Creek catchment, Central West region, New South Wales

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2857-2871

  Morgan, Karina ^a   Jankowski, Jerzy ^a   Taylor, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dryland salinity; Fractured aquifer; Geological structures; Hydrogeochemistry; Lachlan Fold Belt

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; SALINE WATER; SEEPAGE; STRONTIUM;

DRYLAND SALINITY; FRACTURED AQUIFER; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; SALINE WATER; SEEPAGE; STRONTIUM;

CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SALINITY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SPICERS CREEK;

EID: 33747501358     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6079     Document Type: Article

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