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A note on groundwater flow along a hillslope
Author(s) -
Daly Edoardo,
Porporato Amilcare
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/2003wr002438
Subject(s) - groundwater , groundwater flow , phreatic , flow (mathematics) , geology , flux (metallurgy) , similarity (geometry) , aquifer , hydrology (agriculture) , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , geometry , computer science , materials science , artificial intelligence , metallurgy , image (mathematics)
Particular cases of groundwater flow along a hillslope are studied using the groundwater hydraulic theory (e.g., Dupuit approximation) described by the Boussinesq equation. Analytical solutions are found as simple transformations of known similarity solutions. In particular, the expressions for phreatic surface level and volume flux and the corresponding loop‐rating curve for the flow of a groundwater mound as well as the travelling wave solutions of the Boussinesq equation are described in detail.