Transmission losses, infiltration and groundwater recharge through ephemeral and intermittent streambeds: A review of applied methods

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 511, Issue , 2014, Pages 518-529

  Shanafield, Margaret ^a   Cook, Peter G ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dating; Floodwave infiltration; Streambed dynamics; Surface water groundwater interactions; Tracers

Indexed keywords

DATING; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; INTERMITTENT STREAMS; QUANTITATIVE UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAMBEDS; SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; FLOODS; INFILTRATION; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; ARID REGION; DATA SET; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLOOD WAVE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; INFILTRATION; RECHARGE; TRACER;

EID: 84897628714     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.01.068     Document Type: Review

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