Predictive simulation of flow and solute transport for managing the Salalah coastal aquifer, Oman

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2941-2963

  Shammas, M I ^a   Thunvik, Roger ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Groundwater flow model; MODFLOW; MT3DMS; Salalah coastal aquifer; Salinity intrusion

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; MODFLOW; MT3DMS; SALALAH COASTAL AQUIFER; SALINITY INTRUSION;

AQUIFERS; CALIBRATION; COMPETITION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DESALINATION; FLOW SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SIMULATORS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; SALALAH; ZUFAR;

EID: 70350338738     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9417-2     Document Type: Article

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