Upward brine migration resulting from pressure increases in a layered subsurface system

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 22, 2016, Pages

  Delfs, Jens Olaf ^a   Nordbeck, Johannes ^a   Bauer, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brine migration; Deep underground injection; Permeable fault; Salt intrusion; Thermohaline simulation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MERCURY (METAL); POTABLE WATER; SURFACE WATERS;

GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; HYDRAULIC CONNECTION; PERMEABLE FORMATIONS; POTENTIAL THREATS; SALT CONCENTRATION; SALT INTRUSION; THERMOHALINE;

WATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; BRINE; DRINKING WATER; FLUID PRESSURE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MIXING; OVERPRESSURE; SALINE INTRUSION; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EID: 84994845436     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-016-6245-6     Document Type: Article

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