The importance of shallow confining units to submarine groundwater flow

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 312, 2007, Pages 28-36

  Bratton, John F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Coastal aquifer; Confining unit; Glaciomarine; Groundwater; Mangrove; Nutrients; Peat; Salt marsh; Saltwater intrusion

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; EARTH SCIENCES; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PEAT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WETLANDS;

ATLANTIC; COASTAL AQUIFER; CONFINING UNIT; GLACIOMARINE; MANGROVE; SALT MARSH;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL WATER; DISCHARGE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HOLOCENE; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PERMEABILITY; PLEISTOCENE; RECHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; SALTMARSH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 55849126380     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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