Conceptual modelling of groundwater-surface water interactions in the Lake Sibayi Catchment, Eastern South Africa

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue PA2, 2014, Pages 613-624

  Weitz, Jannie ^a   Demlie, Molla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Conceptual modelling; Environmental isotopes; Lake Sibayi; Lake aquifer interaction; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COASTAL AQUIFER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC HEAD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER BUDGET; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIAN OCEAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; LAKE SIBAYA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85028150018     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2013.11.018     Document Type: Article

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