Regional groundwater flow in structurally-complex extended terranes: An evaluation of the sources of discharge at Ash Meadows, Nevada

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 386, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 118-129

  Bushman, Michelle ^a   Nelson, Stephen T ^a   Tingey, David ^a   Eggett, Dennis ^b  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer segmentation; Ground water; Interbasin flow; Isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; CARBONATE AQUIFER; CHARGE BALANCES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ENDMEMBERS; FLOW DIRECTION; FLOW SYSTEMS; FLOWTHROUGH; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; FRACTURED CARBONATES; GEOCHEMICAL MODELS; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; INTERBASIN FLOW; ISOTOPIC TRACER; MOJAVE DESERT; NEVADA , USA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PERMEABILITY STRUCTURE; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WATER TRANSFERS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; CAPILLARITY; CARBONATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; VOLCANOES;

PARALLEL FLOW;

ANISOTROPY; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DATABASE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLOW PATTERN; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; RADIONUCLIDE; SEGMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRANE; WETLAND;

ASH MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; MOJAVE DESERT; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952108999     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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