Flow and transport model of a polder area in the Belgian coastal plain: Example of data integration

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1599-1615

  Vandenbohede, Alexander ^a   Hinsby, Klaus ^b   Courtens, Carolien ^a   Lebbe, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Belgium; Environmental tracers; Hydrochemistry; Numerical modeling; Temperature data

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CALIBRATION; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; QUATERNARY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRACER; WATER QUALITY;

BELGIUM;

EID: 81255140935     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0781-7     Document Type: Article

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