Groundwater flow and capture zone analysis of the Central Passaic River Basin, New Jersey

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1593-1603

  Barry, Fatoumata ^a,b   Ophori, Duke ^a   Hoffman, Jeffrey ^b   Canace, Robert ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogeology

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; POTABLE WATER; PUMPS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER WELLS; WATERSHEDS; WELLS;

3-DIMENSIONAL; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AQUIFER PROPERTIES; AQUIFER RECHARGES; CAPTURE ZONES; CONTRIBUTING AREAS; GROUND WATER RECHARGES; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTIONS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; MODFLOW MODELS; NEW JERSEYS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARTICLE TRACKING; PUMPING WELLS; SAFE DRINKING WATERS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; PUMPING; RECHARGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; PASSAIC BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59449092336     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1257-5     Document Type: Article

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