Investigating the spatio-temporal variability in groundwater and surface water interactions: A multi-technique approach

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3437-3453

  Unland, N P ^a,b   Cartwright, I ^a,b   Andersen, M S ^b,c   Rau, G C ^b,c   Reed, J ^a   Gilfedder, B S ^a,b   Atkinson, A P ^a,b   Hofmann, H ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATERS; MULTI-TECHNIQUE APPROACH; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

CHLORINE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); INFILTRATION; RAIN; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

GROUNDWATER;

BASEFLOW; CHLORINE; DISCHARGE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GAUGE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; INFILTRATION; RADON ISOTOPE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AUSTRALIA; NICHOLSON RIVER; TAMBO RIVER; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84883658861     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-3437-2013     Document Type: Article

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