Stratigraphic controls on saltwater intrusion in the Dominguez Gap area of coastal Los Angeles

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 454, Issue , 2009, Pages 375-395

  Edwards, Brian D ^a   Ehman, Kenneth D ^b   Ponti, Daniel J ^a   Reichard, Eric G ^c   Tinsley, John C ^a   Rosenbauer, Robert J ^a   Land, Michael ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; FAULTING; GEOPHYSICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); SALT WATER INTRUSION; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER INJECTION;

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; COASTAL AQUIFER SYSTEMS; FRESHWATER AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER SUPPLY; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; LITHO-STRATIGRAPHIC; TRANSPORT MODELING;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ALLOSTRATIGRAPHY; BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL ZONE; GROUNDWATER; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; NOMENCLATURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINE INTRUSION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY;

CALIFORNIA; LONG BEACH HARBOR; LOS ANGELES BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350372541     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2454(5.4)     Document Type: Article

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