Variable density coastal aquifer models with application to an aquifer on Thira Island

Desalination

Volumn 237, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 65-80

  Kopsiaftis, G ^a   Mantoglou, A ^a   Giannoulopoulos, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Finite element method; Groundwater modelling; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CEMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER; THEOREM PROVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

ARTIFICIAL RECHARGES; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; COASTAL AQUIFERS; CONSTRAINT BASED; FLUID FLOWS; MASS TRANSPORTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SEAWATER INTRUSION; TRANSITION ZONES; TRANSPORT MODELS; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; VARIABLE DENSITIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COASTAL AQUIFER; DENSITY CURRENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER; SEAWATER; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SANTORIN; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 58149202125     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.12.023     Document Type: Article

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