Spatially distributed characterization of hyporheic solute transport during baseflow recession in a headwater mountain stream using electrical geophysical imaging

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 517, Issue , 2014, Pages 362-377

  Ward, Adam S ^a,b   Gooseff, Michael N ^c   Fitzgerald, Michael ^d   Voltz, Thomas J ^e   Singha, Kamini ^f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^f Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseflow recession; Electrical resistivity imaging; Hydrogeophysics; Hyporheic; Solute transport; Temporal moment

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW RECESSIONS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY IMAGING; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; HYPORHEIC; TEMPORAL MOMENTS;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ADVECTION; ARRIVAL TIME; BASEFLOW; BEDROCK; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GRAVEL; HEADWATER; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER; VISUALIZATION; IMAGING METHOD; PIXEL;

H.J. ANDREWS EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904877643     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.036     Document Type: Article

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