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Transient groundwater dynamics in a coastal aquifer: The effects of tides, the lunar cycle, and the beach profile
Author(s) -
Abarca Elena,
Karam Hanan,
Hemond Harold F.,
Harvey Charles F.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1002/wrcr.20075
Subject(s) - intertidal zone , aquifer , groundwater , geology , water cycle , oceanography , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , geotechnical engineering , ecology , biology
Key Points The intertidal saline cell is not a permanent feature of a coastal aquifer The intertidal saline cell cycle is linked to the lunar cycle of tides The cell cycle modulates the fresh and salt groundwater fluxes to the ocean