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A Case Study of Saltwater Intrusion in a Long and Thin Aquifer

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Saltwater intrusion in a long and thin leaky aquifer has been modelled using linear boundary elements. Special features which had to be dealt with in the computational model include quasi-singularities, transition from semipervious layer to outflow face and two unknown fluxes at the interface tip.

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  1. Ashurst Lodge, Wessex Institute of Technology/University of Portsmouth, Ashurst, Southampton, SO4 2AA, England

    J. J. S. P. Cabral & L. C. Wrobel

  2. Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Group, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil

    J. J. S. P. Cabral & A. A. A. Montenegro

  3. Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil

    A. A. A. Montenegro

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  1. Wessex Institute of Technology, University of Portsmouth, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO4 2AA, UK

    C. A. Brebbia

  2. Dept. of mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

    M. S. Ingber

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Cabral, J.J.S.P., Wrobel, L.C., Montenegro, A.A.A. (1992). A Case Study of Saltwater Intrusion in a Long and Thin Aquifer. In: Brebbia, C.A., Ingber, M.S. (eds) Boundary Element Technology VII. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2872-8_9

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