Flow dynamics and age stratification of freshwater lenses: Experiments and modeling

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 458-459, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-15

  Stoeckl, Leonard ^a   Houben, Georg ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age stratification; Freshwater lens; Physical model; Upconing; Variable density flow

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC GLASS; ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL MODELS; CROSS SECTION; FLOW DYNAMICS; FLOW PATH; INFINITE STRIP; LABORATORY SCALE; OUTFLOW ZONES; PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS; PHYSICAL MODEL; RECHARGE WATER; SUSTAINABLE YIELDS; UP-CONING; VARIABLE-DENSITY FLOWS; VERTICAL WELLS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HORIZONTAL WELLS; WATER;

EXPERIMENTS;

AGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; FRESHWATER; GLASS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; PUMPING; RECHARGE; STRATIFICATION; STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY; SUSTAINABILITY; TRACER; WELL WATER;

EID: 84864309426     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.070     Document Type: Article

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