Water table dynamics and groundwater-surface water interaction during filling and draining of a large fluvial island due to dam-induced river stage fluctuations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Francis, Blair A ^a   Francis, Luke K ^a   Cardenas, M Bayani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORADO RIVER; GRAVEL ISLANDS; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYPORHEIC ZONE; STORAGE CYCLE; TEXAS , USA; WATER TABLE DYNAMICS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; DAMS; GRAPH THEORY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS;

RIVERS;

FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYPORHEIC ZONE; PIEZOMETER; WATER TABLE;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77955180226     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008694     Document Type: Article

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