Groundwater availability of the Mississippi embayment

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1785, 2011, Pages 1-66

  Clark, Brian R ^a   Hart, Rheannon M ^a   Gurdak, Jason J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE TRENDS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CONFINING UNIT; DATA NETWORK; GROUNDWATER PUMPING; GROUNDWATER RESERVES; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN USE; LOCAL SCALE; MISSISSIPPI; MULTIPLE SCALE; NATIONAL ASSESSMENT; PUMPING CONDITION; REGIONAL AQUIFERS; REGIONAL SCALE; STATISTICAL TOOLS; STUDY AREAS; SYSTEM RESPONSE; TEMPORAL SCALE; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; WATER BUDGET;

AQUIFERS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDROGEOLOGY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER LEVELS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; DATA SET; FRESHWATER; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUMPING; STAKEHOLDER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEMAND; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE;

MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864254973     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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