Numerical simulation of groundwater flow in the Peshawar intermontane basin, northwest Himalayas

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1395-1409

  Yousafzai, Asim ^a,b   Eckstein, Yoram ^a   Dahl, Peter ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Compressive stress; Himalayan foreland basin; Hydraulic heads; Numerical modeling; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC PROPERTY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; FLUID PRESSURE; FORELAND BASIN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC HEAD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STRESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTH WEST FRONTIER; PAKISTAN; PESHAWAR; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 54949155753     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0355-5     Document Type: Article

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