Analytical methods that use natural heat as a tracer to quantify surface water-groundwater exchange, evaluated using field temperature records

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1093-1110

  Rau, Gabriel C ^a   Andersen, Martin S ^a   McCallum, Andrew M ^a   Acworth, Richard Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Groundwater surface water relations; Heat modelling; Temperature; Thermal conditions

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; STREAM BED; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRACER; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER LEVEL;

AUSTRALIA; MAULES CREEK; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 77954708163     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-010-0586-0     Document Type: Article

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