Relations between groundwater flow in an unconfined aquifer and seepage patterns in a closed-basin lake in glacial terrain

Hydrology Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 325-342

  Vainu, Marko ^a   Terasmaa, Jaanus ^a   Häelm, Marko ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b Geological Survey of Estonia   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Closed basin lake; Groundwater flow; Lake bed seepage; Lake water level; Seepage meter; Unconfined aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BUDGET CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; SEDIMENTS; SEEPAGE; WATER LEVELS;

CONFINED AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LAKE WATER LEVEL; ORGANIC SEDIMENTS; SEEPAGE METERS; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

LAKES;

GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PIEZOMETER; SEEPAGE; TERRAIN; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER DEPTH;

ESTONIA; LAKE MARTISKA;

EID: 84930515238     PISSN: 19989563     EISSN: 22247955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2014.197     Document Type: Article

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