TY - GEN
T1 - Assessing surface water - Groundwater connectivity using hydraulic and hydrochemical approaches in fractured rock catchments, South Australia
AU - Banks, E. W.
AU - Love, A. J.
AU - Simmons, C. T.
AU - Shand, P.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In Australia, native vegetation clearance has had considerable impacts on surface water and groundwater salinities. The impact on surface water-groundwater connectivity is less understood. Ahydraulic, hydrochemical, and tracer-based study was conducted at two contrasting fractured rock catchments in South Australia. Results indicate that connectivity was variable across each of the catchments. The influence of the fractured rock aquifer was minimal in the pristine, uncleared Rocky River catchment, whereas in the cleared, mixed land-use Cox Creek catchment, the fractured rock aquifer played a more significant role. The results emphasise the need to understand the importance that the impacts of land-use change (particularly vegetation clearance) can have on surface water-groundwater connectivity.
AB - In Australia, native vegetation clearance has had considerable impacts on surface water and groundwater salinities. The impact on surface water-groundwater connectivity is less understood. Ahydraulic, hydrochemical, and tracer-based study was conducted at two contrasting fractured rock catchments in South Australia. Results indicate that connectivity was variable across each of the catchments. The influence of the fractured rock aquifer was minimal in the pristine, uncleared Rocky River catchment, whereas in the cleared, mixed land-use Cox Creek catchment, the fractured rock aquifer played a more significant role. The results emphasise the need to understand the importance that the impacts of land-use change (particularly vegetation clearance) can have on surface water-groundwater connectivity.
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M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9780415604260
T3 - Water-Rock Interaction - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Water-Rock Interaction, WRI-13
SP - 241
EP - 244
BT - Water-Rock Interaction - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Water-Rock Interaction, WRI-13
PB - CRC Press
CY - Boca Raton, FL
T2 - 13th International Conference on Water-Rock Interaction, WRI-13
Y2 - 16 August 2010 through 20 August 2010
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