Geometry and dynamics of the freshwater-seawater interface in a coastal aquifer in southeastern Spain

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 543-555

  Guhl, Frederic ^a   Pulido Bosch, Antonio ^b   Pulido Leboeuf, Pablo ^b   Gisbert, Juan ^b   Sanchez Martos, Francisco ^b   Vallejos, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Desalination plant; Electrical conductivity; Freshwater seawater interface; Hydraulic diffusivity; Tides

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF WATER; LITHOLOGY; SEAWATER; TIDES;

COASTAL AQUIFER; DESALINATION PLANT; FRESHWATER-SEAWATER INTERFACE;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; COASTAL AQUIFER; DISCHARGE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ESTUARINE FRONT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OCEAN TIDE;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33745027718     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.51.3.543     Document Type: Article

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