The problem of salt recycling and seawater intrusion in coastal irrigated plains: An example from the Kiti aquifer (Southern Cyprus)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 288, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 327-343

  Milnes, Ellen ^a   Renard, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Irrigation salinity; Salt recycling; Seawater intrusion; Solute mass budget; Transport modelling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IRRIGATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUMPING PLANTS; RECYCLING; SEAWATER; WATER WELLS;

MASS FLOW RATIO; SALINIZATION; SALT RECYCLING;

SALT WATER INTRUSION;

COASTAL AQUIFER; IRRIGATION; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; KITI; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 1842486159     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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