Extremely rapid and localized recharge to a fractured rock aquifer

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 376, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 496-509

  Gleeson, Tom ^a   Novakowski, Kent ^a   Kurt Kyser, T ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fractured rock; Numerical modeling; Recharge; Snow melt; Stable isotopes; Water table fluctuation

Indexed keywords

FRACTURED ROCK; NUMERICAL MODELING; RECHARGE; SNOW MELT; STABLE ISOTOPES;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOILS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER WELLS; WELLS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; BEDROCK; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECHARGE; SILTY SOIL; SIMULATION; SNOWMELT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 70249126952     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.07.056     Document Type: Article

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