Holocene dynamics of the salt-fresh groundwater interface under a sand island, Inhaca, Mozambique

Quaternary International

Volumn 257, Issue , 2012, Pages 74-82

  Været, Lars ^a   Leijnse, Anton ^b   Cuamba, Fortunato ^c   Haldorsen, Sylvi ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c University of Eduardo Mondlane   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; HOLOCENE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; POROSITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

INHACA ISLAND; MAPUTO [MOZAMBIQUE]; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84858798762     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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