Karst aquifer evolution in a changing water table environment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 26-1-26-9

  Kaufmann, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cave genesis; Hydraulic conductivity; Karst aquifer; Limestone dissolution

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; CAVE DEVELOPMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; KARST HYDROLOGY; WATER TABLE;

EID: 0036592232     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000256     Document Type: Article

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