| Abstract: | The interactions between groundwater and surface water are complex. To understand these interactions in relation to climate, landform, geology, and biotic factors, a sound hydrogeoecological framework is needed. All these aspects are synthesized and exemplified in this overview. In addition, the mechanisms of interactions between groundwater and surface water (GW-SW) as they affect recharge-discharge processes are comprehensively outlined, and the ecological significance and the human impacts of such interactions are emphasized. Surface-water and groundwater ecosystems are viewed as linked components of a hydrologic continuum leading to related sustainability issues. This overview concludes with a discussion of research needs and challenges facting this evolving field. The biogeochemical processes within the upper few centimeters of sediments beneath nearly all surface-water bodies (hyporheic zone) have a profound effect on the chemistry of the water interchange, and here is where most of the recent research has been focusing. However, to advance conceptual and other modeling of GW-SW systems, a broader perspective of such interactions across and between surface-water bodies is needed, including multidimensional analyses, interface hydraulic characterization and spatial variability, site-to-region regionalization approaches, as well as cross-disciplinary collaborations. |
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| ProdID: | 70025088 |
| Citation Author: | Sophocleous, M. |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Hydrogeology Journal |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Interactions between groundwater and surface water: The state of the science; 2002; Article; Journal; Hydrogeology Journal; Sophocleous, M. |
| Citation Start Page: | 52 |
| Citation Volume: | 10 |
| Citation Year: | 2002 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Interactions between groundwater and surface water: The state of the science; 2002; Article; Journal; Hydrogeology Journal; Sophocleous, M. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-001-0170-8 |
| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 2002 00:00 -0600 |
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