Deep saltwater in Chalk of North-West Europe: Origin, interface characteristics and development over geological time

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1643-1663

  Bonnesen, Ellen P ^a   Larsen, Flemming ^b   Sonnenborg, Torben O ^b   Klitten, Kurt ^b   Stemmerik, Lars ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chalk; Denmark; Diffusion; Porewater chemistry; Saltwater freshwater relations

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC HEAD; INTERFACE; MESOZOIC; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOZOIC; POREWATER; POROSITY; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SALT WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SJAELLAND;

EID: 70350426393     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0456-9     Document Type: Article

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