Response of deep groundwater to land use change in desert basins of the Trans-Pecos region, Texas, USA: Effects on infiltration, recharge, and nitrogen fluxes

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2017, Pages 2349-2364

  Robertson, Wendy Marie ^a   Bohlke J K ^b   Sharp, John M ^c  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; arid regions; groundwater quality; nitrate; vadose zone; vegetation change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; LONG TERM MONITORING; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; NET INFILTRATIONS; VADOSE ZONE; VEGETATION CHANGE;

INFILTRATION;

ARID REGION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESERT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; RECHARGE; VADOSE ZONE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER QUALITY;

TEXAS; TRANS-PECOS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85019083177     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11178     Document Type: Article

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