Transient groundwater dynamics in a coastal aquifer: The effects of tides, the lunar cycle, and the beach profile

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2473-2488

  Abarca, Elena ^a   Karam, Hanan ^a   Hemond, Harold F ^a   Harvey, Charles F ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

beach profile; coastal aquifer; density dependent flow model; groundwater age simulation; seawater intrusion; spring neap tidal cycle; submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BEACHES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MOON; NUMERICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SALT WATER INTRUSION; TIDES; TRAVEL TIME;

BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL AQUIFERS; DENSITY DEPENDENT FLOW; GROUNDWATER AGE SIMULATIONS; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; TIDAL CYCLE;

SALINE WATER;

BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL AQUIFER; DISCHARGE; FLOW MODELING; FRESHWATER INPUT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFLOW; LUNAR CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; TIDAL CYCLE;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES; WAQUOIT BAY;

EID: 84879969938     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20075     Document Type: Article

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