A thick lens of fresh groundwater in the southern Lihue Basin, Kauai, Hawaii, USA

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 240-248

  Izuka, Scot K ^a   Gingerich, Stephen B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Conceptual models; Hawaii; Island hydrology; Volcanic aquifers

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; SHIELD VOLCANO; VOLCANO;

HAWAII; KAUAI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041846593     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-002-0233-5     Document Type: Article

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