Fractal patterns in riverbed morphology produce fractal scaling of water storage times

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 5309-5315

  Aubeneau, A F ^a   Martin, R L ^b   Bolster, D ^a   Schumer, R ^c   Jerolmack, D ^d   Packman, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

surface groundwater interaction

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; GROUNDWATER; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SAND; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME;

ANOMALOUS TRANSPORT; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FRACTAL PROPERTIES; HIGH RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS; HYPORHEIC EXCHANGE; SURFACE-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; SURFACE-SUBSURFACE INTERACTIONS; TOPOGRAPHY CONTROLS;

RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

BEDFORM; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYPORHEIC ZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POREWATER; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER BED; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAM BED; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 84938151614     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064155     Document Type: Article

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