Monitoring surface and subsurface water storage using confined aquifer water levels at the Savannah River Site, USA

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 327-335

  Rasmussen, Todd C ^a   Mote, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CONFINED AQUIFER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUID PRESSURE; GROUNDWATER; RECHARGE; WATER FLOW; WATER LEVEL; WATER STORAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547855119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0049     Document Type: Article

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