Freshwater recharge into a shallow saline groundwater system, Cooper Creek floodplain, Queensland, Australia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 392, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 150-163

  Cendon Dioni I D I ^a,b   Larsen, Joshua R ^a,b   Jones, Brian G ^b   Nanson, Gerald C ^b   Rickleman, Daniel ^b   Hankin, Stuart I ^a   Pueyo, Juan J ^c   Maroulis, Jerry ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone river; Cooper Creek; Freshwater lenses; Lake Eyre basin; Shallow groundwater; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARID ZONE RIVER; COOPER CREEK; FRESHWATER LENSES; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ARID REGIONS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ISOTOPES; LAKES; LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ARID REGION; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SHALLOW WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER TABLE;

AUSTRALIA; COOPER CREEK; LAKE EYRE BASIN; QUEENSLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77957021081     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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