Groundwater response to tidal fluctuation in a sloping leaky aquifer system

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4750-4759

  Asadi Aghbolaghi, Mahdi ^a   Chuang, Mo Hsiung ^b   Yeh, Hund Der ^c  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Aquifer; Leakage; Mathematical modeling; Sloping aquifer; Tidal fluctuation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER PARAMETERS; AQUITARDS; COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL AREA; CONFINED AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLUCTUATION; JOINT EFFECT; LEAKY AQUIFERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; RESEARCH RESULTS; SLOPING AQUIFERS; TIDAL FLUCTUATION; TIME LAG; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAKAGE (FLUID);

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84861897789     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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