Urban groundwater baseflow influence upon inorganic river-water quality: The River Tame headwaters catchment in the City of Birmingham, UK

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 206-222

  Rivett, Michael O ^a   Ellis, Paul A ^a   Mackay, Rae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baseflow; Groundwater surface water interactions; Inorganic hydrochemistry; Metals; Urban

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; AQUIFER WATER; BASEFLOWS; BIRMINGHAM; CITY SCALE; CONTROL MEASURES; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER PLUMES; INORGANIC HYDROCHEMISTRY; MAJOR IONS; MASS FLUX; NATURAL ATTENUATION; QUALITY CHANGE; QUALITY CRITERIA; QUALITY DATA; QUATERNARY DEPOSITS; SANDSTONE AQUIFER; TOXIC METALS; TRIASSIC; URBAN; URBAN GROUNDWATER; URBAN RIVER; WATER INTERACTIONS;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IONS; METALS; RIVER CONTROL; SANDSTONE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EFFLUENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEADWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INORGANIC MATTER; NICKEL; PIEZOMETER; QUATERNARY; RESEARCH WORK; RIVER BED; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SANDSTONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRIASSIC; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; TAME RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952484949     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.036     Document Type: Article

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