Changes of freshwater-lens thickness in basaltic island aquifers overlain by thick coastal sediments;Modifications de l'eépaisseur d'une lentille d'eau douce dans un aquifeére d'iîle basaltique surmonteé d'eépais séediments coôtiers

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1425-1436

  Rotzoll, Kolja ^a   Oki, Delwyn S ^b   El Kadi, Aly I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basaltic island hydrology; Coastal aquifers; Groundwater monitoring; Pacific Islands; Salt water freshwater relations

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SALT WATER; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

EID: 77956252616     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-010-0602-4     Document Type: Article

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