Effect of tidal fluctuations on contaminant transfer to the ocean

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 312, 2007, Pages 334-340

  Licata, Ivana La ^a   Langevin, Christian D ^b   Dausman, Alyssa M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Density; Tidal variation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; EARTH SCIENCES; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEAWATER; TIDES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

COASTAL OCEANS; CONTAMINANT TRANSFERS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DENSITY; DISPERSIVITY; FRESHWATER/SALTWATER; HYDRAULIC TRANSIENTS; OCEAN TIDES; TIDAL FLUCTUATIONS; TIDAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT MODELS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DISPERSIVITY; ESTUARINE FRONT; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL MODELING;

EID: 55849105654     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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