Sources of groundwater pumpage in a layered aquifer system in the Upper Gulf Coastal Plain, USA

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 783-796

  Huang, Yun ^a   Scanlon, Bridget R ^a   Nicot, Jean Philippe ^a   Reedy, Robert C ^a   Dutton, Alan R ^b   van Kelley, A ^c   Deeds, Neil E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c INTERA Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture; Carrizo Wilcox; Numerical modeling; USA; Water sources for pumpage

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BASEFLOW; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE;

GULF COASTAL PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

CARRIZO;

EID: 84861692000     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-012-0846-2     Document Type: Article

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