Application of the rainfall infiltration breakthrough (RIB) model for groundwater recharge estimation in west coastal South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-230

  Sun, X ^a   Xu, Y ^a,b   Jovanovic, N Z ^c   Kapangaziwiri, E ^c   Brendonck, L ^d   Bugan, R D H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Groundwater recharge; Groundwater level fluctuation; RIB model; Shallow unconfined aquifer; Table Mountain Group aquifer

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; TABLE MOUNTAIN GROUPS; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODELS; RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WATER LEVELS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ALGORITHM; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; TIME SERIES; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER LEVEL;

CALIFORNIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TABLE MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84878630566     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v39i2.5     Document Type: Article

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