Hydrological processes in the Chalk unsaturated zone - Insights from an intensive field monitoring programme

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 330, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 29-43

  Ireson, A M ^a   Wheater, H S ^a   Butler, A P ^a   Mathias, S A ^a   Finch, J ^b   Cooper, J D ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk; Field monitoring; Groundwater recharge; Matric potential; Unsaturated zone; Water content

Indexed keywords

FIELD MONITORING; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; MATRIC POTENTIAL; UNSATURATED ZONE;

CATCHMENTS; CONDITION MONITORING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; CONDITION MONITORING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

INSTRUMENTATION; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MONITORING; RECHARGE; RESOLUTION; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW;

BERKSHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAMBOURN RIVER; PANG RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST BERKSHIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749528737     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.04.021     Document Type: Article

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