Effects of hyporheic processes on streambed vertical hydraulic conductivity in three rivers of Nebraska

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Song, Jinxi ^a,b   Chen, Xunhong ^a   Cheng, Cheng ^a   Summerside, Scott ^c   Wen, Fujiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW;

HYPORHEIC PROCESSES; PORE SPACES; STREAMBED;

RIVERS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; PERMEABILITY; STREAM BED; WATER EXCHANGE;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34250703223     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029254     Document Type: Article

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