Assessing the saltwater remediation potential of a three-dimensional, heterogeneous, coastal aquifer system: Model verification, application and visualization for transient density-driven seawater intrusion

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3827-3837

  Walther, Marc ^a,b   Bilke, Lars ^b   Delfs, Jens Olaf ^c   Graf, Thomas ^d   Grundmann, Jens ^a   Kolditz, Olaf ^a   Liedl, Rudolf ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density dependent; Groundwater modeling; Model validation benchmark; OpenGeoSys; Remediation potential; Saltwater intrusion; Scenario simulation; Transient calibration; Visualization

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALIBRATION; DATA VISUALIZATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; POLLUTION; SALT WATER INTRUSION; VISUALIZATION;

DENSITY DEPENDENT; GROUNDWATER MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; OPENGEOSYS; SCENARIO SIMULATIONS; TRANSIENT CALIBRATIONS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84920260588     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3253-2     Document Type: Article

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