Numerical analysis of the groundwater regime in the western Dead Sea escarpment, Israel + West Bank

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 571-585

  Gräbe, Agnes ^a,b   Rödiger, Tino ^a   Rink, Karsten ^a   Fischer, Thomas ^a   Sun, Feng ^a   Wang, Wenqing ^a   Siebert, Christian ^a   Kolditz, Olaf ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D groundwater flow model; Dead Sea; Model calibration; Numerical groundwater flow modelling; OpenGeoSys; Semi arid and arid regions; Structural model; SUMAR

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; POPULATION STATISTICS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

DEAD SEA; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODELLING; MODEL CALIBRATION; OPENGEOSYS; SEMI ARID; STRUCTURAL MODELING; SUMAR;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; ARID REGION; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MASS BALANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

DEAD SEA; ISRAEL;

EID: 84876943184     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1795-8     Document Type: Article

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