Hydrogeological modeling of the saline hot springs at the Sea of Galilee, Israel

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 913-926

  Gvirtzman, Haim ^a   Garven, Grant ^b   Gvirtzman, Gdaliahu ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKES;

FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTIONS; GROUND WATER TABLE; HYDROGEOLOGICAL MODELS; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUNDWATER; HOT SPRING; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODELLING; SALINITY;

ISRAEL, SEA OF GALILEE;

EID: 0030616553     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR03191     Document Type: Article

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