Measurements of riverbed hydraulic conductivity in a semi-arid lowland river system (Murray-Darling Basin, Australia)

Soil Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 363-371

  Taylor, Andrew R ^a   Lamontagne, Sébastien ^a   Crosbie, Russell S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

evaporation; falling head test; permeability; permeameter; streambed

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER MODELS; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; MURRAY-DARLING BASINS (MDB); PERMEAMETER; RIVERBED SEDIMENTS; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; STRATIFIED SAMPLING; STREAMBEDS;

EVAPORATION; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENTS;

RIVERS;

CALIBRATION; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERMEABILITY; PERMEAMETER; RIVER BED; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; STREAM BED; TESTING METHOD;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 84884790269     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR13090     Document Type: Article

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