Beach water table fluctuations due to wave run-up: Capillarity effects

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 935-945

  Li, L ^a,b   Barry, D A ^a   Parlange, J Y ^a,c   Pattiaratchi, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BEACHES; CAPILLARITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT MODELS; BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY FLUCTUATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; KINEMATIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; RECTANGULAR DOMAIN; SMALL-AMPLITUDE OSCILLATIONS; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS;

GROUNDWATER;

BEACHES; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARITY EFFECT; KINEMATIC BOUNDARY CONDITION; SLOPING BEACH; WATER TABLE; WAVE RUNUP;

EID: 0030617048     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR03946     Document Type: Article

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