Tidally driven groundwater flow and solute exchange in a marsh: Numerical simulations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Wilson, Alicia Marie ^a   Gardner, Leonard Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRAULICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENTS; TIDES;

MARSH; SEDIMENT COMPRESSIBILITY; SOLUTE EXCHANGE; TIDAL CREEK;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENTS; TIDES;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TIDAL CYCLE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH INLET; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644801331     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004302     Document Type: Article

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