Hydrologic connections of a stream-aquifer-vegetation zone in south-central Platte River valley, Nebraska

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 333, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 554-568

  Chen, Xunhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct push technique; Evapotranspiration; Finite element method; Groundwater flow nets; Riparian zone; Stream aquifer interactions; Streambed hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

DIRECT-PUSH TECHNIQUES; GROUNDWATER FLOW NETS; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAM-AQUIFER INTERACTIONS; STREAMBED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

HYDROLOGY;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FIELD METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAM BED; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; VEGETATION COVER; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PLATTE RIVER; PLATTE VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845984055     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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