Hydrological and hydrochemical processes observed during a large-scale infiltration experiment at the Super-Sauze mudslide (France)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2157-2170

  Debieche, T H ^a,b   Bogaard, T A ^c   Marc, V ^a   Emblanch, C ^a   Krzeminska, D M ^c   Malet, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JIJEL   (Algeria)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Black marls; Heterogeneity; Hydrochemistry; Mudslide; Preferential flow; Tracing experiment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL RAINFALL; BLACK MARLS; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; FRENCH ALPS; GEOPHYSICAL EQUIPMENT; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER PROCESS; HETEROGENEITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HILLSLOPES; HYDROCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDROCHEMICALS; INFILTRATION TESTS; LANDSLIDE HAZARD; MATERIAL HETEROGENEITY; MATRIX FLOW; MUDSLIDE; PATTERN CONTROL; PISTON FLOW; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; PREFERENTIAL WATER FLOW; RAIN INFILTRATION; RAINFALL INTENSITY; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOUR; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRIGGERING FACTORS; WATER LEVEL CHANGES; WATER QUALITY MEASUREMENT; WATER TABLES;

EXPERIMENTS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; RAIN; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HILLSLOPE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; MARL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; TRACER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 84861799590     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7843     Document Type: Article

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