Review: Regional groundwater flow modeling in heavily irrigated basins of selected states in the western United States;Revue: Modélisation régionale des écoulements souterrains dans des bassins avec une forte irrigation dans des états sélectionnés de l'Ouest des Etats-Unis d'Amérique

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1173-1192

  Rossman, Nathan R ^a   Zlotnik, Vitaly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater management; Numerical modeling; Resilience; Sustainability; USA

Indexed keywords

BASIN; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; COLORADO; IDAHO; KANSAS; NEBRASKA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882970852     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-013-1010-3     Document Type: Review

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