The effect of base level changes and geological structures on the location of the groundwater divide, as exhibited in the hydrological system between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 378, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 218-229

  Yechieli, Y ^a   Kafri, U ^a   Wollman, S ^a   Shalev, E ^a   Lyakhovsky, V ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Base level; Dead Sea; Simulations; Water divide

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; AVAILABLE WATER; BASE LEVEL; BASE LEVEL CHANGE; DEAD SEA; FOLD STRUCTURES; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLUXES; GROUNDWATER MODELING; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDROLOGICAL SCENARIOS; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; LAKE LEVELS; LEVEL CHANGE; LOW PERMEABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NUMERICAL MODELING; RECHARGE RATES; SIMULATIONS; STEADY-STATE SIMULATIONS; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS; TRANSIENT SIMULATION;

AQUIFERS; CAPILLARITY; CEMENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LAKES; LANDFORMS; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

DRAINAGE; FOLD; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; RECHARGE; SHORELINE; SOFTWARE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70350502799     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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