Groundwater flow and mixing in a wetland-stream system: Field study and numerical modeling

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 488, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-83

  Karan, Sachin ^a   Engesgaard, Peter ^a   Looms, Majken C ^a   Laier, Troels ^b   Kazmierczak, Jolanta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Flow paths; Groundwater stream exchange; Numerical modeling; Nutrients; Riparian zone

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; REDUCTION; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW PATH; GEOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITIES; GROUNDWATER COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE-WATER EXCHANGES; HETEROGENEOUS MODELING; RIPARIAN ZONES;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; PYRITE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WETLAND;

EID: 84886101714     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.02.030     Document Type: Article

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