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A numerical model was used to visualize and investigate density-driven flow in the subsurface arising in the vicinity of salt lakes, where saline fluid from the lake meets fresh groundwater. Typical flow patterns are determined for a relevant range of the dimensionless parameters Ra and Co, showing that the Rayleigh-number Ra is the relevant parameter for the emergence of density-driven flow, while the influence of the Co-number is small.
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Holzbecher, E. Groundwater flow pattern in the vicinity of a salt lake. Hydrobiologia 532, 233–242 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-004-6421-7
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