Local-scale variability of seepage and hydraulic conductivity in a shallow gravel-bed river

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3306-3318

  Rosenberry, Donald O ^a   Pitlick, John ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Fluvial; Hydraulic conductivity; Hyporheic; Seepage

Indexed keywords

BED SEDIMENTS; BED TOPOGRAPHY; BEDFORMS; COARSE-GRAINED; FLOWING WATERS; FLUVIAL HYDRAULICS; GRAVEL-BED RIVERS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYPORHEIC; MEDIAN VALUE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SCALE DEPENDENCE; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SEEPAGE RATE; SPECIFIC SITES; UPWARD SEEPAGE; VERTICAL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES;

GRAVEL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW;

SEEPAGE;

BEDFORM; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SEEPAGE;

EID: 70549103591     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7433     Document Type: Article

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