Influence of a large fluvial island, streambed, and stream bank on surface water-groundwater fluxes and water table dynamics

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Shope, Christopher L ^a,b   Constantz, James E ^c   Cooper, Clay A ^a   Reeves, Donald M ^a   Pohll, Greg ^a   McKay, W Alan ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; ANTECEDENT MOISTURE; COMPLEX FLOW; EVENT-BASED; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLUID FLUXES; HEAT TRANSPORT MODEL; HYPORHEIC; HYPORHEIC EXCHANGE; MODELING SIMULATION; MULTIDIMENSIONALITY; NUMERICAL FLOW; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PROCESS UNDERSTANDING; RIVER RESTORATION; RIVER-AQUIFER INTERACTION; RIVER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTIONS; SPATIAL FLUXES; STORAGE CONDITION; STREAM BANKS; STREAMBEDS; WATER TABLE DYNAMICS;

AQUIFERS; BARS (METAL); GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; STREAM FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

RIVERS;

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; AQUIFER; FLOW FIELD; FLOW PATTERN; FLUID FLOW; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPORHEIC ZONE; ISLAND; MOISTURE CONTENT; STREAM BED; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSIENT FLOW; WATER TABLE;

NEVADA; TRUCKEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862227599     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011564     Document Type: Article

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