Modelling groundwater/surface water interaction in a managed riparian chalk valley wetland

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 447-462

  House, A R ^a,b   Thompson, J R ^b   Sorensen, J P R ^c   Roberts, C ^a   Acreman, M C ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Groundwater surface water interaction; Hydrological hydraulic modelling; MIKE SHE; Wetland management; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; CONSERVATION; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; LIMESTONE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER LEVELS;

CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGIES; GROUND WATER/SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MIKE SHE; MODEL CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION; SIMULATED GROUND WATER; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

WETLANDS;

CHALK; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIPARIAN ZONE; WETLAND; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

BERKSHIRE; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84956835480     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10625     Document Type: Article

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