Straight thinking about groundwater recession

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2407-2424

  Cuthbert, M O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

groundwater hydraulics; groundwater recession

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; AQUIFER PROPERTIES; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLUXES; GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS; HILLSLOPE HYDROLOGY; NON-EQUILIBRIUM FLOWS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

EID: 84896413900     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014060     Document Type: Article

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