Simulating the hydrogeologic setting of peatlands in the Kenai Peninsula Lowlands, Alaska

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-106

  Reeve, A S ^a   Gracz, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geology; Ground water; Simulation modeling

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODELING; PEATLAND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

ALASKA; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55949118685     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-71.1     Document Type: Article

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