Accumulation and transport of ammonium in aquitards in the Pearl River Delta (China) in the last 10,000 years: Conceptual and numerical models;Accumulation et transport d'ammonium dans des aquitards du delta de la Rivière des Perles (Chine) durant les 10,000 dernières années: Modèles conceptuels et numériques

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 961-976

  Wang, Xu Sheng ^a   Jiao, Jimmy Jiu ^b   Wang, Ya ^b   Cherry, John A ^c   Kuang, Xingxing ^b   Liu, Kun ^b   Lee, Chunming ^b   Gong, Zhijun ^b  

^a China University of Geosciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonium; China; Marine sediments; Numerical modeling; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; AQUITARD; COASTAL AQUIFER; GEOACCUMULATION; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84879232690     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-013-0976-1     Document Type: Article

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