The Recession of Spring Hydrographs, Focused on Karst Aquifers

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1781-1805

  Fiorillo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Karst aquifer; Recession; Review; Spring hydrograph

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; REVIEWS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERISTICS; DISCHARGE EQUATIONS; HYDRAULIC ANISOTROPY; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; KARST AQUIFER; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; RECESSION; SPRING HYDROGRAPH;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; DISCHARGE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPH; KARST; SPRING WATER; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84899685553     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0597-z     Document Type: Review

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