Investigating local variation in groundwater recharge along a topographic gradient, Walnut Creek, Iowa, USA

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 397-407

  Schilling, Keith E ^a  

^a Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Groundwater recharge; Nitrate; USA; Water table fluctuations

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTESIAN WELL; BASEFLOW; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RECHARGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WALNUT CREEK;

JUGLANS;

EID: 61349174528     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0347-5     Document Type: Article

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