Effects of management policies, including artificial recharge, on salinization in a sloping aquifer: The Israeli Coastal Aquifer case

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Assouline, S ^a   Shavit, U ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balance approach; Coastal aquifer; Injections; Management policy; Numerical; Transport modeling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; RISKS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOLUTIONS; WATER QUALITY;

INJECTION POLICY; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; COASTAL AQUIFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 2442680725     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002290     Document Type: Article

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