Karst hydrology of Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 390, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 169-181

  Hill, C A ^a   Polyak, V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Confined caves; Grand Canyon; Hypogene karst; Karst groundwater; Redwall Muav aquifer; Unconfined caves

Indexed keywords

CONFINED CAVES; CONFINED CONDITION; GRAND CANYON; GRAND CANYON , ARIZONA; GRAND CANYONS; KARST GROUNDWATER; KARST HYDROLOGY; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; POTENTIOMETRIC SURFACES; UNCONFINED CONDITIONS; UNDERSATURATION; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CEMENTS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; GYPSUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON OXIDES; LIMESTONE; LININGS; METAL RECOVERY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WATER;

CAVES;

CALCITE; CONFINED AQUIFER; GYPSUM; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; KARST HYDROLOGY; LIMESTONE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SPELEOTHEM; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955551927     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.06.040     Document Type: Article

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