A numerical modelling of seawater intrusion into an oceanic island aquifer, Sipadan Island, Malaysia

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 525-532

  Mohd, Harun Abdullah ^a   Sarva, Mangala Raveena ^a   Aris, Ahmad Zaharin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Numerical modelling; Oceanic island; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956286407     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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