Characterisation and modelling of conduit restricted karst aquifers - Example of the Auja spring, Jordan Valley

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 511, Issue , 2014, Pages 750-763

  Schmidt, Sebastian ^a   Geyer, Tobias ^a   Guttman, Joseph ^b   Marei, Amer ^c   Ries, Fabian ^d   Sauter, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Mekorot Israel National Water COLTD   (Israel)

^c AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convex recession; Flow threshold; Jordan Valley; Linear recession; Reservoir model; Spring hydrograph analysis

Indexed keywords

CONVEX RECESSION; FLOW THRESHOLD; JORDAN VALLEY; LINEAR RECESSION; RESERVOIR MODELING; SPRING HYDROGRAPH;

AQUIFERS; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUITS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SPRINGS (WATER);

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ANNUAL VARIATION; AQUIFER; CALIBRATION; CARBONATE; CATCHMENT; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KARST HYDROLOGY; RESERVOIR; THRESHOLD;

JORDAN VALLEY;

EID: 84896901060     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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