An analytical solution for tidal fluctuations in unconfined aquifers with a vertical beach

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Yeh, H D ^a   Huang, C S ^a   Chang, Y C ^a   Jeng, D S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COMMONLY USED; FREE SURFACES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LAPLACE AND FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MEAN SEA LEVEL; NEW APPROACHES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PERTURBATION METHOD; PERTURBATION PARAMETERS; SECOND ORDERS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SINE FUNCTIONS; TIDAL FLUCTUATION; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS;

AQUIFERS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL;

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANALYTICAL METHOD; AQUIFER; BEACH; BOUNDARY CONDITION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERTURBATION; SEA LEVEL; TIDAL CYCLE; TRANSFORM; WATER TABLE;

EID: 78049369127     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008746     Document Type: Article

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