Riparian hydraulic gradient and stream-groundwater exchange dynamics in steep headwater valleys

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 953-969

  Voltz, Thomas ^a   Gooseff, Michael ^b   Ward, Adam S ^c   Singha, Kamini ^d   Fitzgerald, Michael ^e   Wagener, Thorsten ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^e NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

baseflow recession; headwater valleys; riparian hydraulic gradients; riparian water tables; storm response; stream groundwater exchange

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; FORESTED CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEADWATER; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER TABLE;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880647986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20074     Document Type: Article

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