Numerical simulations of steady-state salinity distribution and submarine groundwater discharges in homogeneous anisotropic coastal aquifers

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 318-328

  Qu, Wenjing ^a   Li, Hailong ^a   Wan, Li ^a   Wang, Xusheng ^a   Jiang, Xiaowei ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Density difference; Numerical simulations of steady state model; Salinity distribution; Slope; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; SEAWATER; SUBMARINES;

COASTAL AQUIFERS; DENSITY DIFFERENCE; SALINITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SLOPE; STEADY-STATE MODELING; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

ANISOTROPY; COASTAL AQUIFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84910632175     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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