Hydraulic and thermal response of groundwater-surface water exchange to flooding in an experimental aquifer

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 472-473, Issue , 2012, Pages 184-192

  Nowinski, John D ^a   Cardenas, M Bayani ^a   Lightbody, Anne F ^b,c   Swanson, Travis E ^a   Sawyer, Audrey H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood; Hot moment; Hyporheic; Meander

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; BANKFULL FLOW; BASEFLOWS; DISCHARGE CONDITIONS; FLOOD EVENT; FLOW BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HOT MOMENT; HOT SPOT; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYPORHEIC; MEANDER; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; STREAM SURFACE; STREAM WATER; THERMAL MONITORING; THERMAL RESPONSE; TRACER TESTS; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER TABLE ELEVATION; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHIUM; REACTION RATES; STREAM FLOW;

RIVERS;

BASEFLOW; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MEANDER; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84868302825     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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