Groundwater flow modeling of two-levels perched karstic leaking aquifers as a tool for estimating recharge and hydraulic parameters

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 388, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 13-27

  Peleg, Nadav ^a   Gvirtzman, Haim ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

FEFLOW; Flow modeling; Hydrograph; Perched aquifer; Recharge; Spring

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

DIFFERENT LAYERS; FEFLOW; FLOW MODEL; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HYDROGRAPHS; RECHARGE;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CARBONATE ROCK; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGRAPH; KARST HYDROLOGY; RECHARGE; SPRING WATER;

EID: 78650169211     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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