Effect of an irrigation canal network on surface and groundwater connections in an agricultural valley in Central Chile

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 321, 2008, Pages 197-203

  Arumi, Jose Luis ^a   Rivera, Diego ^a   Holzapfel, Eduardo ^a   Fernald, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Chile; Groundwater; Irrigation seepage; MODFLOW; Surface water groundwater interactions

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; EFFLUENTS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEEPAGE; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER LEVELS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CHILE; GROUNDWATER RECHARGES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES; MODFLOW; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS;

IRRIGATION CANALS;

CANAL; CROP PRODUCTION; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RECHARGE; SEEPAGE; VALLEY; WATER LEVEL;

CHILE; O'HIGGINS; PEUMO VALLEY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 55849114428     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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