Relative influences of the river channel, floodplain surface, and alluvial aquifer on simulated hydrologic residence time in a montane river floodplain

Geomorphology

Volumn 205, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-26

  Helton, Ashley M ^a   Poole, Geoffrey C ^b   Payn, Robert A ^b   Izurieta, Clemente ^c   Stanford, Jack A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifer exchange; Floodplain inundation; Hydrologic residence time; River flow; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OVERBANK FLOW; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER WATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

MIDDLE FORK FLATHEAD RIVER; MONTANA; NYACK FLOODPLAIN; UNITED STATES;

KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM;

EID: 84887624346     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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