Characteristics of local groundwater recharge cycles inn South African semi-arid hard rock terrains-rainwater input

Water SA

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-154

  van Wyk, E ^a   van Tonder, G J ^b   Vermeulen, D ^b  

^a National Working for Water Programme   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Episodic groundwater recharge; Monitoring programme; Rain week event; Rainfall patterns; Rainwater hydrochemical composition; Rainwater groundwater interaction; Water table rebound

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROCHEMICALS; RAINFALL PATTERNS; RAINWATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; WATER TABLE REBOUND;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DROUGHT; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RAIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AEROSOL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOACCUMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOISTURE CONTENT; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; RECHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TERRAIN; WATER TABLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79955091055     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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