Freshwater-saltwater transition zone movement during aquifer storage and recovery cycles in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, USA

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 337, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 87-103

  Misut, Paul E ^a   Voss, Clifford I ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Groundwater; Saltwater intrusion; Storage

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALTS; WATER SUPPLY;

SALT TRANSPORT; SALTWATER INTRUSION; TRANSITION ZONES;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALTS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER SUPPLY;

AQUIFER; COASTAL WATER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RECHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STORAGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER SUPPLY;

LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947606383     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.01.035     Document Type: Article

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