Erratum: Subsurface seepage of seawater across a barrier: A source of water and salt to peripheral salt basins (Bulletin of the Geological Society of America vol. 119 (9-10) (1201-1217) 10.1130/B26088.1);Subsurface seepage of seawater across a barrier: A source of water and salt to peripheral salt basins

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1201-1217

  Nunn, Jeffrey A ^a   Harris, Nicholas B ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Messinian Salinity Crisis; Rift lakes; Salt; Salt basins; Seepage; South Atlantic; Subsurface seepage; Water flux

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAKES; LITHOLOGY; SEAWATER; SEEPAGE;

PHARNEROZOIC SALT BASINS; RIFT LAKES; SALT BASINS; SUBSURFACE SEEPAGE; WATER FLUX;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MESSINIAN; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEAWATER; SEEPAGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRANSGRESSION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); EAST AFRICAN RIFT; GREGORY RIFT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34648834541     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26088.1     Document Type: Erratum

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