A conceptual and numerical model for groundwater management: A case study on a coastal aquifer in southern Tuscany, Italy

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1557-1576

  Barazzuoli, Piero ^a   Nocchi, Monica ^a   Rigati, Roberto ^a   Salleolini, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Groundwater modeling; Italy; Salinization; Water budget

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; RECHARGE; SALINIZATION; WATER BUDGET;

ALBEGNA BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GROSSETO [TUSCANY]; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

OSA;

EID: 57049086525     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0324-z     Document Type: Article

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