Stratigraphic controls on seawater intrusion and implications for groundwater management, Dominguez Gap area of Los Angeles, California, USA

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1699-1725

  Nishikawa, Tracy ^a   Siade, A J ^a   Reichard, E G ^a   Ponti, D J ^a   Canales, A G ^b   Johnson, T A ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^c Water Replenishment District of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Conceptual models; Numerical modeling; Salt water fresh water relations; USA

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL AQUIFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUMPING; SALINE INTRUSION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350397373     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0481-8     Document Type: Article

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