Groundwater flow and salt transport in a subterranean estuary driven by intensified wave conditions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 165-181

  Robinson, Clare ^a   Xin, Pei ^b,c   Li, Ling ^b,c   Barry, D A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aquifer ocean exchange; coastal aquifer; numerical modeling; submarine groundwater discharge; wave effects

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFERS; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; SALINITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; SUBTERRANEAN ESTUARY;

AQUIFERS; DATA PROCESSING; ESTUARIES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; RECOVERY; SEAWATER; WAVE EFFECTS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DISCHARGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MIXING; PERMEABILITY; PHREATIC ZONE; SEAWATER; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 84896718711     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR013813     Document Type: Article

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