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Groundwater flow patterns and the freshwater-saltwater transition zone

By New York Water Science Center
a graph of Groundwater flow patterns and the freshwater-saltwater transition zone in an idealized coastal aquifer
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Groundwater flow patterns and the freshwater-saltwater transition zone in an idealized coastal aquifer. A circulation of saltwater from the sea to the transition zone and then back to the sea is induced by mixing of freshwater and saltwater in the transition zone (Barlow, 2003).

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Public Domain.