Continuous and event-based time series analysis of observed floodplain groundwater flow under contrasting land-use types

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 566-567, Issue , 2016, Pages 436-445

  Kellner, Elliott ^a,b   Hubbart, Jason A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event based analysis; Floodplain groundwater; Forest removal; Groundwater flow regime; Groundwater monitoring; Land use impacts

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOODS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAND USE; RIVERS; SILVER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

EVENT-BASED; FLOOD PLAINS; FOREST REMOVALS; GROUNDWATER MONITORING; LAND USE IMPACT;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

DEFORESTATION; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST; LAND USE; MISSOURI; PLANT WATER USE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84969542969     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.036     Document Type: Article

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