Hydrogeologic setting and ground water flow beneath a section of Indian River Bay, Delaware

Ground Water

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1035-1051

  Krantz, David E ^a   Manheim, Frank T ^b   Bratton, John F ^b   Phelan, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE FLOW; ATLANTIC COASTS; COMPLEX PATTERN; DELAWARES; DISPERSIVE MIXING; DOWNWARD FLOW; FRESH WATER; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROGEOLOGIC SETTING; IN-SITU; INCISED VALLEY; INDIAN RIVERS; INDUCTION LOGS; LATERAL BOUNDARY; MARYLAND; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; RESISTIVITY PROFILE; SALINE GROUNDWATER; SALT WATER; STREAMS DRAINING; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; SUBSURFACE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS; VIRGINIA;

AQUIFERS; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUCTION LOGGING; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARALLEL FLOW; SALINE WATER;

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EID: 33645846846     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2004.tb02642.x     Document Type: Article

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