Impact of losing and gaining streamflow conditions on hyporheic exchange fluxes induced by dune-shaped bed forms

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1895-1907

  Fox, Aryeh ^a   Boano, Fulvio ^b   Arnon, Shai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

gaining stream; groundwater discharge; Hyporheic exchange flux; hyporheic exchange modeling; losing stream; stream aquifer interaction

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; RIVERS;

GAINING STREAM; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; HYPORHEIC EXCHANGE; LOSING STREAM; STREAM-AQUIFER INTERACTION;

STREAM FLOW;

EID: 84895417948     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014668     Document Type: Article

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