Incorporating the concept of equivalent freshwater head in successive horizontal simulations of seawater intrusion in the Nile Delta aquifer, Egypt

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 464-465, Issue , 2012, Pages 186-198

  Sherif, Mohsen ^a   Sefelnasr, Ahmed ^b   Javadi, Akbar ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Egypt; Equivalent freshwater head; FEFLOW; Nile Delta; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFERS; EGYPT; EQUIVALENT FRESHWATER HEAD; FEFLOW; NILE DELTA;

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEAWATER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COASTAL AQUIFER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; RECHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; SEAWATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER LEVEL;

EGYPT; NILE DELTA;

EID: 84866165423     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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