Numerical modelling to determine freshwater/saltwater interface configuration in a low-gradient coastal wetland aquifer

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 312, 2007, Pages 264-271

  Swain, Eric ^a   Wolfert, Melinda ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater saltwater interface; Numerical model; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COASTAL ZONES; EARTH SCIENCES; ECOLOGY; EMBANKMENTS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROGEOLOGY; PARKS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATERS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY;

COASTAL AREAS; COASTAL WETLANDS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATIONS; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARKS; FLORIDA , USA; FLOW GRADIENTS; FRESHWATER-SALTWATER INTERFACE; FRESHWATER/SALTWATER; GROUNDWATER LEVELS; INLAND WATERS; INTERFACE CONFIGURATIONS; LAND SURFACES; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OFFSHORE WATERS; SEASONAL VARIABILITIES; SHALLOW GROUNDWATERS; SMALL SIZES; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; UNDER FLOWS; WATER DELIVERIES;

WETLANDS;

COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL WETLAND; EMBANKMENT; ESTUARINE FRONT; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER LEVEL;

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55849119915     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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