Controls on the variability of net infiltration to desert sandstone

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Heilweil, Victor M ^a   McKinney, Tim S ^a   Zhdanov, Michael S ^b   Watt, Dennis E ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SANDSTONE; WATERSHEDS;

INFILTRATION RATES; SOIL COARSENESS;

INFILTRATION;

AQUIFERS; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SANDSTONE; WATERSHEDS;

AQUIFER; BEDROCK; DESERT SOIL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFILTRATION; SANDSTONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VADOSE ZONE; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 36649038778     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005113     Document Type: Article

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