Time scales in the evolution of solution porosity in porous coastal carbonate aquifers by mixing corrosion in the saltwater-freshwater transition zone

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-34

  Dreybrodt, Wolfgang ^a   Romanov, Douchko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcite dissolution; Coastal aquifer; Evolution of porosity; Mixing corrosion; Mixing zone; Saltwater freshwater

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CAVERN; COASTAL AQUIFER; CORROSION; DISSOLUTION; MIXING; POROSITY; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 33947623237     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3986/ac.v36i1.205     Document Type: Article

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