Modeling Fresh Water Lens Damage and Recovery on Atolls After Storm-Wave Washover

Ground Water

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 412-420

  Chui, Ting Fong May ^a   Terry, James P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL SAND; FRESH WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NATURAL SOURCES; NORMAL CONDITION; STORM WAVES; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN; WASHOVER; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LIMESTONE; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; RECOVERY; SEAWATER; STORMS; SUBSTRATES;

WATER;

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ATOLL; CYCLONE; DAMAGE; FLOW MODELING; FRESHWATER; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER; LIMESTONE; PERMEABILITY; PLUME; SALINIZATION; SAND; SUBSTRATE; WASHOVER; WATER COLUMN; WATER TABLE;

ARTICLE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FRESH WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEAWATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84860365546     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2011.00860.x     Document Type: Article

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