Seawater circulation in sediments driven by interactions between seabed topography and fluid density

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1386-1399

  Konikow, L F ^a   Akhavan, M ^b   Langevin, C D ^a   Michael, H A ^c   Sawyer, A H ^c,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

SEAWAT model; seawater circulation; SGD; submarine groundwater discharge; variable density groundwater modeling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SUBMARINES; TOPOGRAPHY;

AQUIFER THICKNESS; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER MODELING; HYDRODYNAMIC DISPERSIONS; SALTWATER CIRCULATIONS; SEABED TOPOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

BUOYANCY; DENSITY; DISCHARGE; ESTUARINE FRONT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; MIXING; POREWATER; SALT WATER; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 84876697611     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20121     Document Type: Article

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