Hydrologic interactions between an alluvial fan and a slope wetland in the central Rocky Mountains, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 230-243

  Woods, Scott W ^a   MacDonald, Lee H ^b   Westbrook, Cherie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Hydrology; Rocky Mountains; Slope wetland; Stream ground water interactions; Water diversion

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RECHARGE; SEEPAGE; SLOPE; STREAMFLOW; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33845766190     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[230:HIBAAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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