Saltwater intrusion modeling: Verification and application to an agricultural coastal arid region in Oman

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 236, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4798-4809

  Walther, M ^a   Delfs, J O ^b   Grundmann, J ^a   Kolditz, O ^a,b   Liedl, R ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Al Batinah; Density dependent; IWAS Oman; OpenGeoSys; Saltwater intrusion; Three dimensional numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

AL-BATINAH; DENSITY-DEPENDENT; IWAS-OMAN; OPENGEOSYS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS;

ARID REGIONS; GROUNDWATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84863980336     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2012.02.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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