Quantitative analysis of seabed mixing and intertidal zone discharge in coastal aquifers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Maji, Roudrajit ^a   Smith, Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFERS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT LOADINGS; CONTAMINANT PLUME; DILUTION FACTORS; FRESHWATER FLUXES; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; INTERTIDAL ZONES; KEY FACTORS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEARSHORES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT INTERFACE; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SIMULATION MODEL; SOURCE ZONE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRESS COUPLING; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL PUMPING; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; DILUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATORS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

COASTAL AQUIFER; DILUTION; DISCHARGE; HYDROMECHANICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SEEPAGE; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

EID: 72149091154     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007532     Document Type: Article

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