Sustainable yield of a karst aquifer system: A case study of Jinan springs in northern China

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 851-863

  Kang, Fengxin ^a,b   Jin, Menggui ^a   Qin, Pinrui ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c Shandong Institute of Earthquake Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

China; Karst; Maximum allowable drawdown; Numerical model; Sustainable yield

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; KARST; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECHARGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER DEMAND; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; SHANDONG;

CENTROSTEGIA THURBERI;

EID: 79958231729     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0725-2     Document Type: Article

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