Effects of Karst and geological structure on groundwater flow: The case of Yarqon-Taninim Aquifer, Israel

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 389, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 260-275

  Dafny, E ^a   Burg, Avi ^b   Gvirtzman, Haim ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

FEFLOW; Judea Group Aquifer; Karst; Messinian Salinity Crises; Paleohydrology; Yarqon Taninim

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; CONFINED AREAS; FLOW REGIMES; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER HEADS; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; KARST; KARST SYSTEM; KARSTIFICATION; MASS BALANCE; MESSINIAN SALINITY CRISIS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NUMERICAL CODE; NUMERICAL MODELING; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; PERMEABILITY INCREASE; PHREATIC; REGIONAL AQUIFERS; SALINE AND FRESH WATER; SUBBASINS;

AQUIFERS; FLOW FIELDS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KARST; KARST HYDROLOGY; KARSTIFICATION; MESSINIAN; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RECHARGE; SALINITY;

ISRAEL; YARQON-TANINIM AQUIFER;

EID: 77955051332     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.05.038     Document Type: Article

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