Effect of the spatial distribution of physical aquifer properties on modelled water table depth and stream discharge in a headwater catchment

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1179-1194

  Gascuel Odoux, C ^a,b   Weiler, M ^c   Molenat, J ^a,b  

^a UMR SAS   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER PROPERTIES; BEST MODEL; CRYSTALLINE BEDROCKS; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; HILLSLOPE HYDROLOGY; HILLSLOPES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; RAINFALL EVENT; RIPARIAN ZONES; SIMPLE LINEAR RELATIONSHIP; SOLUTE FLUX; SPATIAL MODELS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STREAM DISCHARGE; TRANSIT TIME; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WATER TABLES;

CATCHMENTS; DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RUNOFF;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; BEDROCK; CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; HEADWATER; HILLSLOPE; HOMOGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SAPROLITE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMFLOW; WATER TABLE;

FRANCE;

EID: 78650612878     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1179-2010     Document Type: Article

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