Delineating groundwater/surface water interaction in a karst watershed: Lower Flint River Basin, southwestern Georgia, USA

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

Volumn 5, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-19

  Rugel, Kathleen ^a,b   Golladay, Stephen W ^b   Jackson, C Rhett ^a   Rasmussen, Todd C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater Irrigation; Groundwater surface water interaction; Hydrologic connectivity; Karst hydrogeology; Upper Floridan Aquifer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948423629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22145818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.11.011     Document Type: Article

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