Effect of annual rainfall amount on characteristics of karst spring hydrograph

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 279-289

  Mohammadi, Zargham ^a   Shoja, Atefe ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Karst development; Recession coefficient; Spring hydrograph; Zagros Region

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; HYDROGRAPH; KARST HYDROLOGY; KARSTIFICATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SPRING WATER;

ZAGROS;

EID: 84906792904     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: 18785212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13146-013-0175-0     Document Type: Article

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