Statistical Distribution of Streambed Vertical Hydraulic Conductivity along the Platte River, Nebraska

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 265-285

  Cheng, Cheng ^a   Song, Jinxi ^a,b   Chen, Xunhong ^a   Wang, Deming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Normal distribution; Permeameter test; Platte River; Streambed vertical hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENTS; TESTING;

FALLING HEAD METHODS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; HORIZONTAL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; PERMEAMETER TEST; PLATTE RIVER; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMBED SEDIMENTS; VERTICAL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES;

RIVERS;

DATA SET; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MIXING; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAM BED;

ELKHORN RIVER; NEBRASKA; PLATTE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650310017     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9698-5     Document Type: Article

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