Disconnection of groundwater from surface water causes a fundamental change in hydrology in a forested catchment in south-western Australia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 472-473, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-24

  Kinal, J ^a   Stoneman, G L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amplified streamflow; Climate change; Connectivity; Groundwater surface water; Jarrah forest; Stream salinity

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFYING EFFECT; ANNUAL RAINFALL; AUSTRALIA; CONNECTIVITY; FORESTED CATCHMENTS; FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; JARRAH FOREST; LARGE DISPARITY; MINOR COMPONENTS; NATURAL TRACERS; PIEZOMETRIC LEVELS; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; SMALL CATCHMENT; STREAM SALINITY; SURFACE RUNOFFS; THROUGHFLOW; WATER SYSTEM;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; RAIN; RUNOFF; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STREAM FLOW;

UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; DECADAL VARIATION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; PIEZOMETER; STREAMFLOW; TRACER;

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATES; GROUND WATER; RAIN; RESERVOIRS; RUNOFF; SALINITY; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATER;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 84868300157     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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