Estimating groundwater discharge to rivers from river chemistry surveys

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 3694-3707

  Cook, Peter G ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Groundwater; Rivers

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; RADON;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACER METHODS; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUND WATER INFLOW; GROUNDWATER CONCENTRATIONS; SAMPLING RESOLUTION; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TRACER CONCENTRATION;

RIVERS;

CFC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFLOW; RADON; RIVER WATER; TRACER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84898539147     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9493     Document Type: Article

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