Stalactite drip rate variations controlled by air pressure changes: An example of non-linear infiltration processes in the 'Cueva del Agua' (Spain)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 920-930

  Fernandez Cortes A ^a   Calaforra, J M ^a   Sanchez Martos F ^a   Gisbert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cave; Drip; Infiltration; Karst; Non linearities; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

DROPS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; SUPERSATURATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DRIP FLOW; DRIP WATER; FLOW PATHS; NON-LINEAR INFILTRATION PROCESSES; SPELEOTHEMS; SUPERSATURATED WATER;

CAVES;

CAVES; DROPS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; SUPERSATURATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CAVE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INFILTRATION; KARST; NONLINEARITY; SPELEOTHEM; STALACTITE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VADOSE ZONE;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34047188604     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6283     Document Type: Article

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