Effects of wave forcing on a subterranean estuary

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Xin, Pei ^a,b   Robinson, Clare ^c   Li, Ling ^b   Barry, D A ^d   Bakhtyar, R ^d  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING FLOW; COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COMBINED EFFECT; COMBINED FORCES; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; FRESHWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HIGH FREQUENCY WAVES; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; MIXING PROCESS; NEAR-SHORE ZONES; NEARSHORES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; ON FLOW; PORE WATERS; SEA-LEVEL OSCILLATIONS; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SIMULATION RESULT; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; SUBTERRANEAN ESTUARY; TRANSIT TIME; VARIABLE DENSITY; VARIABLY SATURATED; WAVE FORCING; WAVE SETUP;

AQUIFERS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTUARIES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; OSCILLATING FLOW; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; WATER;

WAVE EQUATIONS;

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAWATER; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TIDAL CURRENT; WATER FLOW; WAVE FORCE;

EID: 78649971631     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009632     Document Type: Article

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