Transport of variable-density solute plumes in beach aquifers in response to oceanic forcing

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 208-224

  Bakhtyar, R ^a,d   Brovelli, A ^a   Barry, D A ^a   Robinson, C ^b   Li, L ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Conservative tracer; Contaminant transport; Density driven circulation; High and low frequency motions; Variable density groundwater

Indexed keywords

BEACH AQUIFERS; BEACH FACE; BRACKISH WATER; COASTAL AQUIFERS; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DISCHARGE RATES; FLOW PATH; LOW-FREQUENCY MOTION; NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER; PLUME SPREADING; RESIDENCE TIME; SALTWATER WEDGES; SATURATED FLOW; SOLUTE PLUMES; SPATIAL MOMENT; TIDAL SIGNALS; TIME VARYING; UNCONFINED COASTAL AQUIFERS; WAVE HYDRODYNAMICS;

AQUIFERS; ASPECT RATIO; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TIDES;

COASTAL ZONES;

COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TRACER; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

EID: 84872372534     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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