Understanding groundwater processes by representing aquifer heterogeneity in the Maules Creek Catchment, Namoi Valley (New South Wales, Australia);Compréhension des processus d'écoulement souterrain par représentation de l'hétérogénéité de l'aquifère du captage Maules Creek, vallée Namoi (Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, Australie)

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1027-1044

  Giambastiani, B M S ^a   McCallum, A M ^b   Andersen, M S ^b,c   Kelly, B F J ^b,c   Acworth, R I ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; FEFLOW; Groundwater modelling; Groundwater surface water connection; Heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AUSTRALIA; MAULES CREEK; NAMOI VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84866089288     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-012-0866-y     Document Type: Article

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