Modeling saltwater upconing in a freshwater aquifer in south-central Kansas

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 201, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 120-137

  Ma, Tain Shing ^a,b   Sophocleous, Marios ^b   Yu, Yun Sheng ^a   Buddemeier, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay layers; Great Bend Prairie aquifer; Irrigation salinity; Kansas; Saltwater intrusion; Sensitivity analysis; SWIFT II model

Indexed keywords

PUMPING RATE; SALINITY; SALTWATER UPCONING; UNCERTAINTY EFFECTS; WELL SCREEN;

AQUIFERS; CALIBRATION; CLAY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POROSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

SALT WATER INTRUSION;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; IRRIGATION WATER; MODELLING; SALINITY; SALTWATER UPCONING; WATER QUALITY;

USA, KANSAS, GREAT BEND PRAIRIE;

EID: 0345310022     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00048-6     Document Type: Article

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