Horizontal hydraulic conductivity of shallow streambed sediments and comparison with the grain-size analysis results

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 454-466

  Lu, Chengpeng ^a,b   Chen, Xunhong ^a   Cheng, Cheng ^a   Ou, Gengxin ^a   Shu, Longcang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Grain size analysis; Horizontal hydraulic conductivity; Nebraska; Permeameter test; Shallow streambed; Tributaries of the Platte River

Indexed keywords

GRAIN-SIZE ANALYSIS; NEBRASKA; PERMEAMETER TEST; PLATTE RIVER; STREAMBEDS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TESTING;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMEABILITY; PERMEAMETER; SHALLOW WATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STREAM BED; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NEBRASKA; PLATTE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856090921     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8143     Document Type: Article

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