The suitability of a simplified isotope-balance approach to quantify transient groundwater-lake interactions over a decade with climatic extremes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PD, 2014, Pages 3042-3053

  Sacks, Laura A ^a   Lee, Terrie M ^b   Swancar, Amy ^b  

^a Contractor for US Geological Survey ^*  (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; Groundwater inflow; Lake; Oxygen 18; Stable isotopes; Water budget

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; STORMS;

FLORIDA; GROUND WATER INFLOW; OXYGEN-18; STABLE ISOTOPES; WATER BUDGET;

GROUNDWATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INFLOW; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEEPAGE; TRANSIENT FLOW; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 84919916096     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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