Dynamic of the freshwater-saltwater interface in a karstic aquifer under extraordinary recharge action: The Merida Yucatan case study

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 719-723

  Escolero, Oscar ^a   Marin, Luis E ^a   Domínguez Mariani, Eloisa ^a   Torres Onofre, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Groundwater; Karst; Mexico; Salt water interface; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; SALTS; WATER LEVELS;

COASTAL AQUIFERS; KARST; MEXICO; SALT WATER INTERFACE; YUCATAN;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

AQUIFER; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE FRONT; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; KARST; RECHARGE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

EID: 33845895533     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0383-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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