Hydraulic boundary conditions as a controlling factor in karst genesis: A numerical modeling study on artesian conduit development in gypsum

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages SBH-2-1-SBH-2-14

  Birk, Steffen ^a   Liedl, Rudolf ^a   Sauter, Martin ^b,c   Teutsch, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cave pattern; Conduit system; Fissured system; Gypsum karst; Karst modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; GYPSUM; PIPE FLOW;

HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS;

AQUIFERS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CAVE DEVELOPMENT; GYPSUM; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; KARST HYDROLOGY; KARSTIFICATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 18544400945     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002wr001308     Document Type: Article

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