Groundwater flow beneath a hypersaline pond, Cluett Key, Florida Bay, Florida

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 339-369

  Juster, Thomas ^a,c   Kramer, P A ^b   Vacher, H L ^a   Swart, P K ^b   Stewart, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CARBONATES; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HYDROLOGY; LIMESTONE; PORE PRESSURE; SALINE WATER; SALTS; TIDES; VORTEX FLOW; WATER LEVELS;

CARBONATE MUD ISLANDS; HYDROSTRATIGRAPHY; HYPERSALINE PONDS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

EID: 0031260364     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03103-4     Document Type: Article

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