Conductivity and sediment variation during storms as evidence of pathways to karst springs

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 404, Issue , 2006, Pages 169-176

  Toran, Laura ^a   Tancredi, Jennifer H ^a   Herman, Ellen K ^b   White, William B ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Conduit maturity; Karst; Pennsylvania; Storm flow; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ARCHES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTURE; LANDFORMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SPRINGS (WATER); SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER LEVELS;

CONDUIT MATURITY; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; KARST; LOW CONDUCTIVITY; PENNSYLVANIA; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; STORM FLOW;

STORMS;

BASEFLOW; KARST; STORM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER LEVEL;

ARCH SPRING; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549153210     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2404(14)     Document Type: Article

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