Quasi-horizontal circulation cells in 3D seawater intrusion

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 339, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 118-129

  Abarca, Elena ^a   Carrera, Jesús ^a   Sánchez Vila, Xavier ^a   Voss, Clifford I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer geometry; Bottom morphology; Horizontal cell; Lateral buoyancy number; Lateral seawater circulation cell; Seawater discharge; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BUOYANCY; GRAVITATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

AQUIFER GEOMETRY; BOTTOM MORPHOLOGY; HORIZONTAL CELL; LATERAL BUOYANCY NUMBER; LATERAL SEAWATER CIRCULATION CELL; SEAWATER DISCHARGE;

SALT WATER INTRUSION;

AQUIFERS; BUOYANCY; GRAVITATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SALT WATER INTRUSION;

BUOYANCY; CIRCULATION; CONFINED AQUIFER; ESTUARINE FRONT; GRAVITY FLOW; SALINE INTRUSION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 34249746394     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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