Groundwater dynamics and surface water-groundwater interactions in a prograding delta island, Louisiana, USA

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 524, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-29

  O'Connor, Michael T ^a   Moffett, Kevan B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal deltas; Cold fronts; Delta islands; Groundwater dynamics; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUIFERS; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; TIDES; WATER LEVELS;

COASTAL DELTAS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COLD FRONT; DELTA ISLANDS; GROUND-WATER HYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS; SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS; SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION;

SURFACE WATERS;

AQUIFER; COASTAL ZONE; COLD FRONT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DELTA; ELEVATION; FIELD SURVEY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; PROGRADATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

ATCHAFALAYA DELTA; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES; WAX LAKE DELTA;

EID: 84923933574     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.02.017     Document Type: Article

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