Deep groundwater flow as the main pathway for chemical outputs in a small headwater watershed (Mule Hole, South India)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Marechal J C ^a,b   Riotte, J ^a,b   Lagane, C ^b   Subramanian, S ^a   Kumar, C ^a   Ruiz, L ^a,c   Audry, S ^b   Varma, M R R ^a   Braun, J J ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ZONE; BASEFLOWS; CATCHMENT SCALE; CHEMICAL BALANCE; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; FLOW PATH; HEAD WATERS; LARGE PARTS; MASS BALANCE; SMALL WATERSHEDS; SOUTH INDIA;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; CHLORINE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ACTIVE LAYER; AQUIFER; BASEFLOW; CHLORINE; FLOW PATTERN; FORESTED CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEADWATER; MASS BALANCE; WEIR;

INDIA;

EID: 79955956725     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.039     Document Type: Article

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