A regional-scale groundwater flow model for the Leon-Chinandega aquifer, Nicaragua

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1457-1472

  Calderón Palma, Heyddy ^a   Bentley, Laurence R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Groundwater development; Groundwater flow; Nicaragua; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; IRRIGATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; STEADY FLOW; TRANSIENT FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHINANDEGA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 36549007588     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-007-0197-6     Document Type: Article

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