Numerical modeling of geothermal groundwater flow in karst aquifer system in eastern Weibei, Shaanxi Province, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 36-41

  Li, Ming ^a   Li, GuoMin ^a   Yang, Liao ^b   Dang, XueYa ^c   Zhao, ChunHu ^a   Hou, GuangCai ^c   Zhang, MaoSheng ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fault; Geothermal water; Karst aquifer system; Numerical modeling; Weibei of Shaanxi Province

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC HEADS; KARST AQUIFER SYSTEM;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; KARST; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI; WEIBEI PLATEAU;

EID: 34447629366     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-5020-7     Document Type: Article

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