A method for estimating pore water drainage from marsh soils using rainfall and well records

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-58

  Gardner, Leonard Robert ^a   Gaines, Emily F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

drainage; evapotranspiration; groundwater; marshes; specific yield; USA, Massachusetts, Plum Island Estuary

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; DRAINAGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFILTRATION; MARSH; POREWATER; RAINFALL; RECORD; TIDE; TIME SERIES; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE; WELL;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; PLUM ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

PRUNUS DOMESTICA; SPARTINA; TYPHA;

EID: 45049084802     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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