Arid zone groundwater recharge and salinisation processes; an example from the Lake Eyre Basin, Australia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 408, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 257-275

  Tweed, Sarah ^a,b   Leblanc, Marc ^a,b   Cartwright, Ian ^b,c   Favreau, Guillaume ^d   Leduc, Christian ^e  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e UMR G EAU   (France)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Australia; Groundwater; MODIS data; Recharge; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ARID ZONES; AUSTRALIA; MODIS DATA; RECHARGE; SALINITY;

ARID REGIONS; BROMINE; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY WATER; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPES; LAKES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); REMOTE SENSING; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREAM FLOW; TRANSPIRATION;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARID REGION; DISSOLVED LOAD; EVAPORATION; FLOODING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MODIS; POREWATER; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; REMOTE SENSING; SALINIZATION; SHALLOW WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; VADOSE ZONE;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE BASIN; MURRAY BASIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052953060     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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