Spatial and temporal dynamics of water flow and solute transport in a heterogeneous glacial till: The application of high-resolution profiles of δ 18O and δ 2H in pore waters

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 438-439, Issue , 2012, Pages 203-214

  Stumpp, Christine ^a,b   Hendry, M Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquitard; Glacial till; Heterogeneity; Solute transport; Stable isotopes of water; Water flow

Indexed keywords

AQUITARDS; GLACIAL TILL; HETEROGENEITY; STABLE ISOTOPES OF WATER; WATER FLOWS;

AQUIFERS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; ISOTOPES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

AQUITARD; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROGEN; MELTWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POREWATER; POROSITY; RUNOFF; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TILL; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 84860385606     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.03.024     Document Type: Article

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