Robust evidence for random fractal scaling of groundwater levels in unconfined aquifers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 393, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 362-369

  Little, Max A ^a   Bloomfield, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detrended fluctuation analysis; Fractal scaling; Groundwater level; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE AQUIFER; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; DETRENDED FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; DUAL-POROSITY; FRACTAL SCALING; GEOMETRIC SCALING; GEOMETRICAL SCALING; GROUNDWATER LEVEL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; LIMESTONE AQUIFERS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; NEW APPROACHES; NON-PARAMETRIC TECHNIQUES; RANDOM FRACTALS; ROBUST REGRESSIONS; SCALING EXPONENT; SCALING PROPERTIES; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ROBUSTNESS; SURROGATE DATA; TEMPORAL SCALING; TIME-SCALES; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; CATCHMENTS; FRACTALS; HYDROGEOLOGY; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RUNOFF; SCALING LAWS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

BOOTSTRAPPING; BOREHOLE; CARBONATE; CATCHMENT; CHALK; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER LEVEL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957888268     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.08.031     Document Type: Article

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