A new method for mapping variability in vertical seepage flux in streambeds

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 519-525

  Chen, Xunhong ^a   Song, Jinxi ^a,b   Cheng, Cheng ^a   Wang, Deming ^a   Lackey, Susan O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Equipment field techniques; Groundwater surface water relations; Hyporheic zone; Infrared camera; USA

Indexed keywords

DARCY LAW; DISCHARGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; RIVER CHANNEL; SEEPAGE; STREAM BED;

ELKHORN RIVER; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649149807     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0384-0     Document Type: Article

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