Application of MODFLOW for simulating groundwater flow in the Trifilia karst aquifer, Greece

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1877-1889

  Panagopoulos, Georgios ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Groundwater modelling; Karst aquifer; MODFLOW; Steady and transient states; Trifilia

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALIBRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

GROUNDWATER MODELLING; KARST AQUIFER; MODFLOW; STEADY AND TRANSIENT STATE; TRIFILIA;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; DISSOLUTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST HYDROLOGY; PIEZOMETER; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TURBULENT FLOW;

GREECE; MESSENIA; PELOPONNISOS; TRIFILIA;

EID: 84869190447     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1630-2     Document Type: Article

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