Quantifying urban river-aquifer fluid exchange processes: A multi-scale problem

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 58-80

  Ellis, Paul A ^a   Mackay, Rae ^a   Rivett, Michael O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretion; Groundwater; Hyporheic zone; Modelling; Urban

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEDIMENTS;

FLOW DISTRIBUTIONS; FLUID EXCHANGE DISTRIBUTIONS; HYPORHEIC ZONE;

AQUIFERS;

GROUND WATER; WATER;

AQUIFERS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MIXING; RIVER BANK; RIVER BED; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; URBAN AREA;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; LIQUID; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; SEDIMENT; THICKNESS; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; WATER FLOW;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; TAME RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847261176     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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