Ground water budget analysis and cross-formational leakage in an arid basin

Ground Water

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 384-395

  Hutchison, William R ^b   Hibbs, Barry J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b El Paso Water Utilities   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; GROUND WATER AGE DATING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

WATER ANALYSIS;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CALIBRATION; DATING METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER; LEAKAGE; MOUNTAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECHARGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOISOTOPES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 42549117958     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2008.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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