Tide-induced groundwater head fluctuation in coastal multi-layered aquifer systems with a submarine outlet-capping

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1746-1755

  Guo, Qiaona ^a   Li, Hailong ^a,b,c   Boufadel, Michel C ^c   Xia, Yuqiang ^a   Li, Guohui ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b ANSHAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Aquifer parameter estimation; Coastal aquifer system; Elastic storage; Leakage; Least squares method; Outlet capping; Peaty layer; Tidal head fluctuation; Tide

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DAMPING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIDES;

COASTAL AQUIFER SYSTEM; OUTLET-CAPPING; TIDAL HEAD FLUCTUATION;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; COASTAL ZONES; DAMPING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIDES;

COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC HEAD; LEAKAGE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; TIDE;

EID: 34248172931     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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