Evaluation of effective groundwater recharge of freshwater lens in small islands by the combined modeling of geoelectrical data and water heads

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Comte, Jean Christophe ^c   Banton, Olivier ^a   Join, Jean Lambert ^d   Cabioch, Guy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED MODELING; CORAL REEF; CROSS VALIDATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; GEOELECTRICAL; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; GROUNDWATER MODELS; SALT WATER; SEAWATER INTRUSION; SMALL ISLAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VARIABLE DENSITY; WATER HEADS; WATER UPTAKE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; POSITION CONTROL; SEAWATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CORAL REEF; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; SALT WATER; SMALL ISLAND STATE; WATER UPTAKE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77954420910     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008058     Document Type: Article

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