A modeling study of seawater intrusion in Alabama Gulf Coast, USA

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-130

  Lin, Jin ^a,c,d   Snodsmith, J Blake ^b,c   Zheng, Chunmiao ^c   Wu, Jianfeng ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CH2M HILL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alabama Gulf Coast; Density dependent flow; Groundwater modeling; SEAWAT; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLANNING; SEAWATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

ALABAMA GULF COAST; DENSITY-DEPENDENT FLOW; GROUNDWATER MODELING; SEAWAT; SEAWATER INTRUSION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CALIBRATION; COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINE INTRUSION; SEAWATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59649103161     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1288-y     Document Type: Article

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