Investigating groundwater flow paths within proglacial moraine using multiple geophysical methods

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 399, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 57-69

  McClymont, Alastair F ^a   Roy, James W ^b   Hayashi, Masaki ^a   Bentley, Laurence R ^a   Maurer, Hansruedi ^c   Langston, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine hydrology; Geophysics; Groundwater; Moraine

Indexed keywords

ALPINE HYDROLOGY; ALPINE WATERSHED; CONFINED AREAS; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; DEEP LAYER; EASTERN SIDE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW PATH; GEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; HYDROGRAPHS; MORAINE; MOUNTAIN RIVERS; PROGLACIAL; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; SNOWMELT; STORAGE VOLUMES; TERMINAL MORAINES; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LANDFORMS; REFRACTION; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

GROUNDWATER;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEDROCK; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; MORAINE; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SNOWMELT; VOLUME;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; LAKE O'HARA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79951577249     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.12.036     Document Type: Article

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