Variable-density flow in the midcontinent basins and arches region of the United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1785-1802

  Gupta, Neeraj ^a   Bair, E Scott ^b  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER PROCESSES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; VARIABLE DENSITY FLOW;

USA;

AQUIFERS; ARCHES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SALT DEPOSITS;

CONFINING LAYERS; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; VARIABLE DENSITY; VARIABLE-DENSITY FLOWS;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY);

EID: 0030787919     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR01199     Document Type: Article

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