Modelling density-dependent flow and solute transport at the Lake Tutchewop saline disposal complex, Victoria

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 219-236

  Simmons, Craig T ^a   Narayan, Kumar A ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mixed convection; Rayleigh number; Salt lake; SUTRA Model

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAKES; LININGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEEPAGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SALINE DISPOSAL COMPLEXES; SALINIZATION;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

DENSITY FLOW; EFFLUENT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WASTEWATER EVAPORATION;

AUSTRALIA, MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 0032077402     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00110-3     Document Type: Article

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