Groundwater and surface water, though thought to be different entities in the past, are
connected throughout the different landforms of the world. Despite being studied for quite …

Recent theory and field observations suggest that a systematically varying weathering zone,
that can be tens of meters thick, commonly develops in the bedrock underlying hillslopes …

Abstract Critical Zone Observatories (CZOs) have been established initially in natural
environments to monitor CZ processes. A new generation of CZOs has been extended to …

The critical zone (CZ), the dynamic living skin of the Earth, extends from the top of the
vegetative canopy through the soil and down to fresh bedrock and the bottom of the …

Hydrological processes in the critical zone are closely related to the soil–bedrock structures.
However, the effect of soil thickness on the rainfall-runoff relationship on the hillslope with …

Despite fractured hard rock aquifers underlying over 65% of Ireland, knowledge of key
processes controlling groundwater recharge in these bedrock systems is inadequately …

Both vertical and lateral flows of rock and water occur within eroding hills. Specifically, when
considered over geological timeframes, rock advects vertically upward under hilltops in …

Various field studies have concluded that shallow groundwater in weathered bedrock
underlying hillslopes can contribute to both base and stormflow and thus dominate runoff …

Groundwater in shallow weathered and fractured crystalline rock aquifers is often the only
perennial water resource, especially in semi-arid region such as Southern India …

Influences of hydraulic conductivity (K) heterogeneities on bedrock groundwater (BG) flow
systems in mountainous topography are investigated using a conceptual 2D numerical …