Integrating Hydrologic and Geophysical Data to Constrain Coastal Surficial Aquifer Processes at Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales

Subsurface Hydrology: Data Integration for Properties and Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 161-182

  Schultz, Gregory M ^a,d   Ruppel, Carolyn ^b,d   Fulton, Patrick ^c,d  

^a APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater flow; Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SURFACE WATERS;

GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER MONITORING; GROUNDWATER SALINITIES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 77952798161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/171GM13     Document Type: Chapter

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