Analysis of the thickness of a fresh water lens and of the transition zone between this lens and upwelling saline water

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-302

  Eeman, S ^a   Leijnse, A ^a   Raats, P A C ^a   van der Zee, S E A T M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Field scale; Freshwater lens; Hydrodynamic dispersion; Mixing zone; Salinity; Upward seepage

Indexed keywords

FIELD SCALE; FRESHWATER LENS; HYDRODYNAMIC DISPERSION; MIXING ZONE; SALINITY; UPWARD SEEPAGE;

CROPS; DISPERSIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; LENSES; MIXING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEEPAGE;

SALINE WATER;

FLOW FIELD; FRESHWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; RAINWATER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SALINITY; SALT WATER; SEEPAGE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 78751619794     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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