Understanding sub-surface solute distributions and salinization mechanisms in a tropical coastal floodplain groundwater system

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 390, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 131-142

  Lenahan, Matthew J ^a   Bristow, Keith L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Great Barrier Reef; Irrigation; Mixing; Salinity; Solute displacement; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COARSE-GRAINED; DEEP DRAINAGE; DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT; ENHANCED MIXING; FLOOD PLAINS; GREAT BARRIER REEF; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HOLOCENES; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATED CROPS; IRRIGATION WATERS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MASS RATIO; MIXING LINES; MIXING PROCESS; NA/CL RATIO; NEARSHORES; PLEISTOCENE; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; RIVER CHANNELS; SALINE GROUNDWATER; SALINITY WATER; SALINIZATION PROCESS; SEAWATER INTRUSION; SOLUTE DISTRIBUTION; SUB-SURFACES; TEMPORAL TRENDS; UNSATURATED ZONE; VERTICAL INFILTRATION; WATER TABLE DEPTHS;

AQUIFERS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; MIXING; REEFS; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SODIUM; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

INFILTRATION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODPLAIN; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCHANNEL; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINIZATION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; BURDEKIN RIVER; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77955561066     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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