Modeling rock weathering in small watersheds

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 513, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-27

  Pacheco, Fernando A L ^a   Van der Weijden, Cornelis H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bimodal landscape; Groundwater flow system; Modeling; Rock weathering

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFILTRATION; MODELS; ROCKS; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHEDS;

BIMODAL LANDSCAPE; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DIFFERENTIAL WEATHERING; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; NATURAL MINERALIZATION; ROCK WEATHERING;

WEATHERING;

ALGORITHM; AQUIFER; BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; METASEDIMENT; MINERALIZATION; PH; RECHARGE; TRAVEL TIME; WATERSHED; WEATHERING;

PORTUGAL; SORDO BASIN; VILA REAL [PORTUGAL];

EID: 84897540803     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.03.036     Document Type: Article

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