Studying the flow dynamics of a karst aquifer system with an equivalent porous medium model

Groundwater

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 641-650

  Abusaada, Muath ^a   Sauter, Martin ^b  

^a Palestinian Hydrology Group   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE BEHAVIORS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; KARST GROUNDWATER; LONG TERM DYNAMICS; MODELING PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL FLOW MODELS; POROUS MEDIUM MODEL; TRANSPORT VELOCITY;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; POROUS MATERIALS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RUNOFF;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; KARST HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RECHARGE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; POROSITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POROSITY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ISRAEL; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; WEST BANK;

EID: 84880135645     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2012.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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