Variations in saturated and unsaturated water movement through an upland floodplain wetland, mid-Wales, UK

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 393, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 349-361

  Bradley, Chris ^a   Clay, Andrew ^a,d   Clifford, Nicholas J ^b   Gerrard, John ^a   Gurnell, Angela M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d RPS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Headwater wetland; Soil water Pressure; Tensiometer

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; BED FORMS; CHANNEL RESTORATION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; FLOOD PLAINS; HEADWATER WETLAND; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; MOISTURE GRADIENT; RAIN EVENTS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; RIVER FLOW; SEASONAL TRENDS; SEDIMENTARY UNITS; SOIL-WATER PRESSURE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUB-SURFACES; TENSIOMETER; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; WATER FLUX; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER REDISTRIBUTION;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; LAKES; RIVER CONTROL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW;

WETLANDS;

BEDFORM; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DRAINAGE; FLOODPLAIN; HEADWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSOR; SOIL WATER; TENSIOMETER; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 77957870090     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.08.029     Document Type: Article

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