Advances in modelling groundwater behaviour in Chalk catchments

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 364, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-127

  Butler, A P ^a   Hughes, A G ^b   Jackson, C R ^b   Ireson, A M ^c   Parker, S J ^a   Wheater, H S ^c   Peach, D W ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RECHARGE; SOIL; WEATHERED MEDIUM;

EID: 84863879033     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP364.9     Document Type: Article

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