Hydrogeological characterisation and modelling of spring catchments in a changing environment

Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-117

  Rehrl, Christoph ^a   Birk, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aquifer characterization; Distributed parameter model; Groundwater; Lumped parameter model; Spring waters

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPRING WATER;

EID: 78650481094     PISSN: 20727151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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