Abstract

Seepage analysis is used to investigate the location dependence of fresh-water inputs and outputs in maintaining the depth of the fresh water over the saline water intruding from the sea in coastal aquifers in steady state conditions. Examples are given that show that maximum depths occur when the inputs are in the vicinity of the watershed and the outputs are near the coast.

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Publication details

DOI
10.24200/jams.vol7iss2pp23-28
Journal
Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 7(2), 23
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University
Open access
Gold open access
License
CC BY 4.0

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APA 7

Youngs, E. (2002). Maintaining Fresh-Water Aquifers Over Saline Water in Coastal Aquifers. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 7(2), 23. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol7iss2pp23-28

MLA 9

Youngs, E.G. "Maintaining Fresh-Water Aquifers Over Saline Water in Coastal Aquifers." Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, vol. 7, no. 2, 2002, pp. 23. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol7iss2pp23-28.

Chicago (author–date)

Youngs, E.G. 2002. "Maintaining Fresh-Water Aquifers Over Saline Water in Coastal Aquifers." Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences 7 (2): 23. https://doi.org/10.24200/jams.vol7iss2pp23-28.

Harvard

Youngs, E. (2002) 'Maintaining Fresh-Water Aquifers Over Saline Water in Coastal Aquifers', Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 7(2), pp. 23. doi:10.24200/jams.vol7iss2pp23-28.

Vancouver

Youngs E. Maintaining Fresh-Water Aquifers Over Saline Water in Coastal Aquifers. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences. 2002;7(2):23. doi:10.24200/jams.vol7iss2pp23-28

IEEE

E. Youngs, "Maintaining Fresh-Water Aquifers Over Saline Water in Coastal Aquifers," Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 23, 2002, doi: 10.24200/jams.vol7iss2pp23-28.