Concepts for the sustainable management of multi-scale flow systems: The groundwater system within the Laufen Basin, Switzerland

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 645-661

  Huggenberger, Peter ^a   Epting, Jannis ^a   Scheidler, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aquifer base gradient; Dynamic vulnerability; Groundwater body; Laufen Basin; Multi scale flow systems; River groundwater interaction

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER BODIES; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; LAUFEN BASIN; MULTI-SCALE FLOW; RIVER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SCALE; SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FRACTURE FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST; RECHARGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

JURA MOUNTAINS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84876942275     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2308-0     Document Type: Article

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