Wetland Network Design for Mitigation of Saltwater Intrusion by Replenishing Freshwater in an Estuary

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1036-1046

  Zhang, Zhiming ^a   Cui, Baoshan ^a   Fan, Xiaoyun ^a   Zhang, Kejiang ^b   Zhao, Hui ^c   Zhang, Honggang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xinjiang Deland Co Ltd   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Discharge salinity relationships; Ecosystem; Modeling; Storage capacity

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; FRESHWATER; NETWORK DESIGN; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 84867879017     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100735     Document Type: Article

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