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Numerical modeling of coastal aquifer karst processes by means of coupled simulations of density-driven flow and reactive solute transport phenomena

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Coastal karst features are supposed to be generated by the coupling between the infiltration of undersaturated rain water together with mixing from the fresh–saltwater interface. A coupled density-driven flow and reactive solute transport numerical model is presented which is able to duplicate conditions in such a morphogenetic conceptual model.

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  1. GHS, Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, UPC-BarcelonaTech, Barcelona, Spain

    Álvaro M. Sáinz García, Jorge J. Molinero Huguet & Maarten W. Saaltink

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    Jorge J. Molinero Huguet

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Sáinz García, Á.M., Molinero Huguet, J.J. & Saaltink, M.W. Numerical modeling of coastal aquifer karst processes by means of coupled simulations of density-driven flow and reactive solute transport phenomena. Carbonates Evaporites 26, 19–27 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-011-0051-8

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