Geochemical and 222Rn constraints on baseflow to the Murray River, Australia, and timescales for the decay of low-salinity groundwater lenses

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 405, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 333-343

  Cartwright, Ian ^a,b   Hofmann, Harald ^a,b   Sirianos, Melissa A ^a   Weaver, Tamie R ^c   Simmons, Craig T ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c URS Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

222Rn; Baseflow; Drought; Geochemistry; Groundwater; Murray River

Indexed keywords

222RN; AUSTRALIA; BASEFLOWS; CL-CONCENTRATIONS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; FLOOD PLAINS; GROUND WATER INFLOW; ION CONCENTRATIONS; MURRAY RIVER; RIVER FLOW; RIVER LEVELS; RIVER MURRAY; RIVER WATER QUALITY; STEEP SLOPE; SURFACE WATER FLOWS; TIME-SCALES;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DROUGHT; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

BASEFLOW; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; DROUGHT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; ION; RADON ISOTOPE; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; SODIUM; TIMESCALE;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER;

EID: 79960436413     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.030     Document Type: Article

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