Effectiveness of a vertical barrier against intrusion of flood plain infiltrated water into an aquifer
Date
2007
Authors
Miracapillo, Cinzia, author
Colorado State University, publisher
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Abstract
In this paper the process of unsaturated aquifer recharge from a river channel and its flood plain laterally confined with fully penetrating barriers is investigated. The same basic methodology described previously by the authors [Morel Seytoux et al., 1988] for the cases of recharging areas in a homogeneous medium is applied here in case of heterogeneities due to damming. An approximate solution is obtained by matching two one-dimensional flows, a vertical and a horizontal one. The formulation leads to an integro-differential equation, which can be solved numerically. The results show the effectiveness of the barrier and its dependency upon project parameters.
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2007 annual AGU hydrology days was held at Colorado State University on March 19 - March 21, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references.