Effects of dynamically variable saturation and matrix-conduit coupling of flow in karst aquifers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Reimann, Thomas ^a   Geyer, Tobias ^b   Shoemaker, W Barclay ^c   Liedl, Rudolf ^a   Sauter, Martin ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUIT NETWORKS; DISCRETE FLOW; FREE SURFACES; FREE-SURFACE FLOW; HYBRID MODEL; HYDRAULIC STRESS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; KARST AQUIFER; LOCAL FLOW CONDITIONS; LOW PERMEABILITY; MATRIX; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NON-UNIFORM FLOWS; PARAMETER STUDIES; POROUS ROCKS; PRESSURIZED FLOW; SAINT VENANT EQUATION; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION; SPRING DISCHARGES; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; TIME LAG; VARIABLE SATURATION; VARIABLY SATURATED; WATER EXCHANGE;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; FRACTURE FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; KARST HYDROLOGY; MATRIX; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE FIELD; RECHARGE; SATURATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE FLUX; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 80755175379     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010446     Document Type: Article

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