Multiple-method estimation of recharge rates at diverse locations in the North Carolina Coastal Plain, USA

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 773-788

  Coes, A L ^a   Spruill, T B ^a   Thomasson, M J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Errol L Montgomery and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA; Coastal aquifers; Groundwater age; Groundwater recharge; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFER; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PHREATIC ZONE; RECHARGE; SEEPAGE; SEPARATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER TABLE;

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249988528     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-006-0123-3     Document Type: Article

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