Combining unsaturated and saturated hydraulic observations to understand and estimate groundwater recharge through glacial till

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 391, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 263-276

  Cuthbert, M O ^a   Mackay, R ^a   Tellam, J H ^a   Thatcher, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture; Groundwater recharge; Superficial deposits; Till; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER VULNERABILITY; BELOW GROUND SURFACES; CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; FIELD STUDIES; FLOW MECHANISMS; FLOW SYSTEMS; GLACIAL TILL; GROUND SURFACES; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; HYDRAULIC PROCESS; HYDRAULIC TESTING; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LABORATORY TESTING; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODELLING; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERMO-TRIASSIC SANDSTONE; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; PRESSURE RESPONSE; RECHARGE ESTIMATION; REGIONAL AQUIFERS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS; TILL; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; DEPOSITS; FRACTURE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SURFACE TESTING;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; CLAST; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIEZOMETER; RECHARGE; SANDSTONE; TENSIOMETER; TILL; TRIASSIC; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

ENGLAND; SHROPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955989405     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.07.025     Document Type: Article

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