Groundwater travel times for unconfined island aquifers bounded by freshwater or seawater

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 437-445

  Chesnaux, R ^a   Allen, D M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Groundwater flow; Islands; Salt water fresh water relations; Unconfined aquifer

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFILTRATION; TRAVEL TIME; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

EID: 42449123235     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-007-0241-6     Document Type: Article

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