Controls on preferential recharge to Chalk aquifers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 398, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 109-123

  Ireson, A M ^a   Butler, A P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk; Fractured porous material; Groundwater recharge; Preferential flow; Richards equation; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

CHALK; FRACTURED POROUS MATERIAL; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; RICHARDS EQUATION; UNSATURATED ZONE;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; FRACTURE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; POROUS MATERIALS; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SURFACES;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CHALK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOODING; FRACTURE NETWORK; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; RICHARDS EQUATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 78951493587     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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