On the evolution of salt lakes: Episodic convection beneath an evaporating salt lake

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Nield, D A ^a   Simmons, C T ^b   Kuznetsov, A V ^c   Ward, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CONVECTIVE-DIFFUSIVE EQUATION; GROUNDWATER SALINITY DISTRIBUTION;

BRINES;

BRINES; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

BRINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAKE EVOLUTION; MODELING; SALINE LAKE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 41149085949     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006161     Document Type: Article

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