Some relationships between lithology, basin form and hydrology: A case study from the Thames basin, UK

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2518-2530

  Bloomfield, J P ^a   Bricker, S H ^a   Newell, A J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basin form; Groundwater; Hydrology; Lithology; Thames basin; Topography

Indexed keywords

BASE FLOW INDEX; BASIN FORM; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRAINAGE DENSITY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SECONDARY POROSITY; STORAGE COEFFICIENT; THAMES BASIN; UNIT OF ANALYSIS;

AQUIFERS; CORRELATION METHODS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS;

AQUIFER; BASEFLOW; BASIN; CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; HYPSOMETRY; LITHOLOGY; POROSITY; RAINFALL; RIVER; SURFACE WATER; TOPOGRAPHY;

ENGLAND; THAMES BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960441145     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8024     Document Type: Article

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