MODSharp: Regional-scale numerical model for quantifying groundwater flux and contaminant discharge into the coastal zone

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1307-1315

  Ataie Ashtiani, B ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Coastal zone; Contaminant discharge; Numerical simulation; Ocean land interface; Saltwater intrusion

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); IMPURITIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEAWATER;

COASTAL AQUIFERS; CONTAMINANT DISCHARGE; OCEAN LAND INTERFACE; SALTWATER INTRUSION;

GROUNDWATER;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL ZONE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34147185222     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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