Hydrochemical interpretation of groundwater-surface water interactions at catchment and local scales, Lake Rotorua catchment, New Zealand

Journal of Hydrology New Zealand

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-32

  Donath, Franziska M ^a   Daughney, Christopher J ^b   Morgenstern, Uwe ^b   Cameron, Stewart G ^b   Toews, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Groundwater statistics; Groundwater surface water relations; Hydrochemistry; Lake Rotorua, New Zealand; Scale effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965132193     PISSN: 00221708     EISSN: 24633933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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