Factors controlling the configuration of the fresh-saline water interface in the Dead Sea coastal aquifers: Synthesis of TDEM surveys and numerical groundwater modeling

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 367-377

  Yechieli, Y ^a   Kafri, U ^a   Goldman, M ^b   Voss, C I ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead sea brine; Flushing; Hydrological modeling; Salt water fresh water relations; Time domain electromagnetic (TDEM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345776879     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100400100146     Document Type: Article

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