Potential contribution of topography-driven regional groundwater flow to fractal stream chemistry: Residence time distribution analysis of Tóth flow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Cardenas, M Bayani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

POWER-LAW RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER CHEMISTRY;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE WATER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 34249892146     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029126     Document Type: Article

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