Salinity distribution in heterogeneous coastal aquifers mapped by airborne electromagnetics

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-135

  Kirkegaard, Casper ^a   Sonnenborg, Torben O ^a   Auken, Esben ^b   Jørgensen, Flemming ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL LAGOONS; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FLOW SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; HYDROLOGIC DATA; INVERSION SCHEME; LARGE PARTS; RESEARCH CENTER; RIVER CATCHMENT; SALINITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SURVEY AREA; TRANSIENT ELECTROMAGNETICS; WATER DEPTH;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SEAWATER;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CATCHMENT; COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL LAGOON; DISCHARGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OBSERVATORY; SALINITY; SEAWATER; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 79960199535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0038     Document Type: Article

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