Groundwater hydrology of boreal peatlands above a bedrock tunnel - Drainage impacts and surface water groundwater interactions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 403, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 278-291

  Kværner, Jens ^a   Snilsberg, Petter ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drainage; Groundwater; Hydrology; Peatland; Swamp; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

BOREAL PEATLANDS; CRYSTALLINE BEDROCKS; DEEP DRAINAGE; DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENTS; FRACTURE ZONE; GROUND WATER TABLE; GROUND-WATER HYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER DRAWDOWN; GROUNDWATER EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; HUMIFIED PEAT; HYDRAULIC CONNECTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; PEATLAND; PRECAMBRIAN; RAILWAY TUNNELS; SPECIFIC SITES; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; SWAMP; VERTICAL FLOWS; WATER BEARING; WATER TABLE DRAWDOWN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DEPOSITS; DRAINAGE; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; PEAT; RAILROAD TUNNELS; RUNOFF; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY; WELLS; WETLANDS;

GROUNDWATER;

BEDROCK; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; DROUGHT; FRACTURE ZONE; GNEISS; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; PEAT SOIL; PEATLAND; PRECAMBRIAN; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; SWAMP; TILL; TUNNEL; WATER LEVEL; WATER STORAGE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 79956359734     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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