Analysis of an unconfined aquifer subject to asynchronous dual-tide propagation

Ground Water

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-250

  Rotzoll, Kolja ^a   El Kadi, Aly I ^a   Gingerich, Stephen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; TIDES;

DUAL-TIDE PROPAGATION; HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY; MODAL ATTENUATION; WATER TABLE;

AQUIFERS;

SEA WATER;

DIFFUSIVITY; ELEVATION; EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISLAND; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEAN TIDE; OSCILLATION; PERMEABILITY; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; VOLCANO; WATER TABLE;

ARTICLE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEAWATER;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40149097013     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2007.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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