Effect of tidal fluctuations on transient dispersion of simulated contaminant concentrations in coastal aquifers;Effet des fluctuations inter-tidales sur la dispersion transitoire des concentrations simuĺes d'un contaminant dans les aquiféres côtiers

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1313-1322

  La Licata, Ivana ^a   Langevin, Christian D ^b   Dausman, Alyssa M ^b   Alberti, Luca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; SEAWAT; Solute transport; Tidal variation; Transient dispersion

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; COASTAL AQUIFER; DISPERSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SALINE INTRUSION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TIDAL CYCLE;

EID: 81255141009     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0763-9     Document Type: Article

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