Utilizing multichannel electrical resistivity methods to examine the dynamics of the fresh water-seawater interface in two Hawaiian groundwater systems

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Dimova, Natasha T ^a,b   Swarzenski, Peter W ^a   Dulaiova, Henrieta ^c   Glenn, Craig R ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER;

BOX MODELS; COASTAL GROUNDWATER; COASTAL SITES; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FORMATION FACTOR; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC CONTROL; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; MASS BALANCE; MULTI-CHANNEL; NEARSHORES; POINT SOURCES; SALINITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SITE EXCHANGE; SITE-SPECIFIC; SPATIAL SCALE; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; TEMPORAL SCALE; TIME-SERIES DATA;

GROUNDWATER;

COASTAL ZONE; DISCHARGE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ESTUARINE FRONT; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER; MAGNITUDE; MASS BALANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WATERSHED;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNALUA BAY; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856954604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007509     Document Type: Article

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