Groundwater mixing in a sand-island freshwater lens: Density-dependent flow and stratigraphic controls

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 927-946

  Hodgkinson, J ^a   Cox, M E ^a   McLoughlin, S ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back barrier lagoon; Groundwater; Hydrostratigraphy; Paleovalley; Tidal pumping

Indexed keywords

CONFINED AQUIFER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOSURFACE; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; UPWELLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34548397651     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090701488263     Document Type: Article

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