Electrical resistance sensors record spring flow timing, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Ground Water

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 630-641

  Adams, Eric A ^a   Monroe, Stephen A ^b   Springer, Abraham E ^a   Blasch, Kyle W ^c   Bills, Donald J ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE (ER) SENSORS; PRECIPITATION GAGES; STREAMFLOW GAUGING STATIONS;

ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW PATTERNS; NATURAL RESOURCES; PARKS; STREAM FLOW;

SENSORS;

FRESH WATER;

AQUIFER; BASELINE SURVEY; BEDROCK; DISCHARGE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; SENSOR; SPRING WATER; STREAMFLOW; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; IMPEDANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

ARIZONA; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ARIZONA; COCONINO PLATEAU; GRAND CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748433957     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2006.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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