Capture zone delineations on island aquifer systems

Ground Water

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 722-730

  Taylor, James Z ^a   Person, Mark ^b  

^a Sanborn Head and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER WELLS;

CAPTURE ZONE DELINEATION; HYDRAULIC GRADIENT; ISLAND AQUIFER SYSTEMS; REVERSE PARTICLE TRACKING; VARIABLE DENSITY FLOW;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; DENSITY; FRESHWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISLAND; SALT WATER; WATERSHED; WELL WATER;

EID: 0032168215     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1998.tb02189.x     Document Type: Article

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