Sharp interface models of salt water intrusion and wellhead delineation on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

Ground Water

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 731-742

  Person, Mark ^a   Taylor, James Z ^b   Dingman, S Lawrence ^c  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b Sanborn Head and Associates Inc   (United States)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER WELLS;

FRESH WATER/SALT WATER MIXING ZONE; SHARP INTERFACE MODELS; WELLHEAD DELINEATION;

AQUIFERS;

GROUNDWATER; PUMPING; SALINE INTRUSION; WATER DEMAND; WATER QUALITY;

MASSACHUSETTS; NANTUCKET ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032167955     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1998.tb02190.x     Document Type: Article

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