Using terrigenic 4He to identify and quantify regional groundwater discharge to streams

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Gardner, W Payton ^a   Harrington, Glenn A ^a,b   Solomon, D Kip ^c   Cook, Peter G ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUND WATER INFLOW; NATURALLY OCCURRING; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TRACER TRANSPORT; WATER BUDGET; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CATCHMENTS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HELIUM; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

GROUNDWATER;

CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HELIUM; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADON ISOTOPE; RIVER; STREAM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALIA; FITZROY RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79959806942     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010276     Document Type: Article

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