Early recession behaviour of spring hydrographs

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 387, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 24-32

  Birk, Steffen ^a   Hergarten, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Flow recession; Fractal; Karst; Spring hydrograph

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CHEDDAR SPRINGS; DIFFERENT SIZES; EXACT ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; FIELD DATA; FIXED-HEAD BOUNDARY; FLOW EQUATIONS; FLOW RECESSION; FRACTAL APPROACH; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDROGRAPHS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; KARST; MATRIX BLOCKS; POWER LAW; POWER LAW EXPONENT; RECESSION CURVES; RECESSION FUNCTION;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; RUNOFF;

EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS;

FLOW PATTERN; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDROGRAPH; KARST; SPRING WATER;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GALLUSQUELLE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78549242623     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.03.026     Document Type: Article

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