Classification of Thermal Patterns at Karst Springs and Cave Streams

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 324-335

  Luhmann, Andrew J ^a   Covington, Matthew D ^a   Peters, Andrew J ^b   Alexander, Scott C ^a   Anger, Cale T ^a   Green, Jeffrey A ^b   Runkel, Anthony C ^c   Alexander, E Calvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c Minnesota Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; FLOW PATH; HEAT EXCHANGE; INFORMATION CONCERNING; KARST AQUIFER; MINNESOTA; PHASE SHIFTED; PORE SPACE; ROCK TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL SCALE; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SNOWMELT; SURFACE STREAMS; TEMPERATURE MONITORING; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS; THERMAL PATTERNS; THERMAL RESPONSE; VARYING TEMPERATURE; WATER FLOWS;

AQUIFERS; CAVES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; SPRINGS (WATER);

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CAVE SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; HEAT TRANSFER; KARST HYDROLOGY; PORE SPACE; RECHARGE; SNOWMELT; SPRING WATER; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WATER CYCLE; WATER FLOW;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MINNESOTA; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; WATER CYCLE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955146866     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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