Numerical modeling of the groundwater flow in the fractured and karst aquifer of the Salento peninsula (Southern Italy)

Acque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-28

  De Filippis, Giovanna ^a   Giudici, Mauro ^a   Margiotta, Stefano ^b   Mazzone, Fiorella ^c   Negri, Sergio ^b   Vassena, Chiara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Geomod srl   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^d Università del Salento ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Conceptual model; Numerical modeling; Salento; Water budget

Indexed keywords

EID: 85107339429     PISSN: 1828454X     EISSN: 22806458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7343/AS-016-013-0040     Document Type: Article

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