Characterising groundwater-dominated lowland catchments: The UK Lowland Catchment Research Programme (LOCAR)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-124

  Wheater, H S ^a   Peach, D ^b   Binley, A ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk ground water; Integrated catchment management; Lowland catchment research; Surface water groundwater interactions; Unsaturated zone flow and transport

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOHYDROLOGY; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RESEARCH WORK; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE;

BERKSHIRE; CHALK AQUIFER; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAMBOURN RIVER; PANG RIVER; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST BERKSHIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846386390     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-108-2007     Document Type: Article

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