Examining the spatial and temporal variation of groundwater inflows to a valley-to-floodplain river using 222Rn, geochemistry and river discharge: The ovens river, southeast Australia

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4907-4924

  Yu, M C L ^a   Cartwright, I ^a,b   Braden, J L ^a   De Bree, S T ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; MAJOR ION GEOCHEMISTRIES; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; RIVER-AQUIFER INTERACTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AQUIFERS; BUILDINGS; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; OVENS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOURCE SEPARATION;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROGRAPH; PERMEABILITY; RADON ISOTOPE; RECHARGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VALLEY;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; OVENS RIVER; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84890085129     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-4907-2013     Document Type: Article

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