Heat, chloride, and specific conductance as ground water tracers near streams

Ground Water

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-195

  Cox, Marisa H ^a   Su, Grace W ^b   Constantz, Jim ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

GROUND WATER TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS; GROUNDWATER TRACERS; STREAM WATER EXCHANGE; STREAMS;

GROUNDWATER;

FRESH WATER;

CHLORIDE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; HEAT; SEASON; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEAT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS;

EID: 33847360458     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2006.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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