Water table response to a tidal agitation in a coastal aquifer: The Meyer-Polubarinova-Kochina theory revisited

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 392, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 96-104

  Kacimov, Anvar ^a   Abdalla, Osman ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Cyclostationary fluctuations; Phreatic surface; Piezometer

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CARTESIAN COORDINATE; COASTAL AQUIFERS; CYCLOSTATIONARY FLUCTUATIONS; DARCIAN VELOCITIES; DUPUIT-FORCHHEIMER; HARMONIC VARIATION; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDROGRAPHS; LAPLACE'S EQUATIONS; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; LINEAR POTENTIAL; PARTIAL DERIVATIVES; PHREATIC; PHREATIC SURFACE; PIEZOMETER; SHORE LINES; WATER TABLES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LAPLACE EQUATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; TIMING JITTER;

AQUIFERS;

AMPLITUDE; COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROGRAPH; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; OCEAN TIDE; PHREATIC ZONE; PIEZOMETER; PORE PRESSURE; WATER TABLE;

KOCHINA;

EID: 77956615923     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.07.040     Document Type: Article

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