Saltwater-freshwater mixing dynamics in a sandy beach aquifer over tidal, spring-neap, and seasonal cycles

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 6747-6766

  Heiss, James W ^a   Michael, Holly A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BEACHES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MIXING; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; COMBINED EFFECT; INTERTIDAL ZONES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIXING DYNAMICS; MULTIPLE TIME SCALE; SALINITY VARIATIONS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 85040723918     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015574     Document Type: Article

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