Quantification of the heterogeneity of the unsaturated zone based on environmental deuterium observed in lysimeter experiments

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 748-762

  Stumpp, Christine ^a   Maloszewski, Piotr ^a   Stichler, Willibald ^a   Maciejewski, Stanislaw ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDRO ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Environmental isotopes; Heterogeneity; Lumped parameter model; Mean transit time; Preferential flow; Unsaturated zone; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEUTERIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LYSIMETERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; LUMPED PARAMETER MODEL; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; UNSATURATED ZONE;

HYDROLOGY;

DEUTERIUM; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LYSIMETER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 34547822028     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.52.4.748     Document Type: Article

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