Simulated effect of vadose infiltration on water levels in the Northern Guam Lens Aquifer

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 229, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 232-254

  Contractor, D N ^a   Jenson, J W ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

Coastal; Ground water models; Guam; Karst hydrology; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

GUAM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION; VADOSE; WATER FLOW; WATER;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GROUND WATER MODELS; SHARP INTERFACE COMPUTER MODEL; SHUFFLED COMPLEX EVOLUTION; SUM OF SQUARED ERRORS; VADOSE ZONE;

WATER LEVELS;

AQUIFER; INFILTRATION; VADOSE ZONE; WATER LEVEL;

GUAM;

EID: 0034678818     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00157-8     Document Type: Article

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