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Open AccessUsing major ions and stable isotopes to improve conceptualisation of a spring-aquifer system in the Galilee Basin, Australia
Develo** conceptual models is a critical step in hydrogeological studies that should utilise multiple lines of evidence and data types to minimise conceptual uncertainty, particularly in data-sparse systems....
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Catchment-scale groundwater-flow and recharge paradox revealed from base flow analysis during the Australian Millennium Drought (Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia)
Catchment-scale recharge and water balance estimates are commonly made for the purposes of water resource management. Few catchments have had these estimates ground-truthed. One confounding aspect is that runo...
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Float-laser device for measuring the water table and freshwater–saltwater interface in laboratory-scale experimental systems
Processes in coastal aquifers involving variable-density fluids are often investigated using laboratory sand tanks. However, experimental monitoring of the interface between liquids of different densities is c...
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Open AccessModelling size constraints on carbonate platform formation in groundwater upwelling zones
Carbonate depositional systems related to groundwater upwelling are ubiquitous around the world and form ecologically and culturally important features of many landscapes. Spring carbonate deposits record past...
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Open AccessRebuttal to “The case of the Biscayne Bay and aquifer near Miami, Florida: density-driven flow of seawater or gravitationally driven discharge of deep saline groundwater?” by Weyer (Environ Earth Sci 2018, 77:1–16)
A recent paper by Weyer (Environ Earth Sci 2018, 77:1–16) challenges the widely accepted interpretation of groundwater heads and salinities in the coastal Biscayne aquifer near Miami, Florida, USA. Weyer (2018...
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Comment on “Closed-form analytical solutions for assessing the consequences of sea-level rise on groundwater resources in slo** coastal aquifers”: paper published in Hydrogeology Journal (2015) 23:1399–1413, by R. Chesnaux
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Investigating the influence of aquifer heterogeneity on the potential for thermal free convection in the Yarragadee Aquifer, Western Australia
The potential for thermal convection in aquifers is strongly influenced by permeability. Permeability is highly heterogeneous within aquifers, and spatial distributions of permeability are rarely well constrai...
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Influence of model conceptualisation on one-dimensional recharge quantification: Uley South, South Australia
Model conceptualisation is a key source of uncertainty in one-dimensional recharge modelling. The effects of different conceptualisations on transient recharge predictions for the semi-arid Uley South Basin, S...
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How important is the impact of land-surface inundation on seawater intrusion caused by sea-level rise?
The influence of sea-level rise (SLR) on seawater intrusion (SWI) has been the subject of several publications, which consider collectively a range of functional relationships within various hydrogeological an...
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Threats to coastal aquifers
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Three-Dimensional Seawater Intrusion Modelling of Uley South Basin, South Australia
Groundwater in the Uley South basin is a vital source of water supply in the Eyre Peninsula, providing approximately 70 % of the region’s reticulated water. The groundwater resources are at risk of seawater in...
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An Initial Inventory and Indexation of Groundwater Mega-Depletion Cases
The state of groundwater systems worldwide is presently not well defined, and in particular there is little context for agencies responsible for managing water resources to evaluate occurrences of groundwater ...
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Application of a Rapid-Assessment Method for Seawater Intrusion Vulnerability: Willunga Basin, South Australia
Seawater intrusion (SWI) causes degradation of water quality and loss of water security in coastal aquifers. Although the threat of SWI has been reported in all of the Australian states and the Northern Territ...
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Seawater Intrusion Under Current Sea-Level Rise: Processes Accompanying Coastline Transgression
The freshwater resources of coastal aquifers are vulnerable to seawater intrusion (SWI) caused by the current rising trends in sea levels, amongst other factors. Recent studies have examined the extents, rates...
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Groundwater recharge to a sedimentary aquifer in the topographically closed Uley South Basin, South Australia
The chloride mass balance (CMB) and water-table fluctuation (WTF) analysis methods were used to estimate recharge rates in the Uley South Basin, South Australia. Groundwater hydrochemistry and isotope data wer...
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Current Practice and Future Challenges in Coastal Aquifer Management: Flux-Based and Trigger-Level Approaches with Application to an Australian Case Study
The control of groundwater abstraction from coastal aquifers is typically aimed at minimizing the risk of seawater intrusion, excessive storage depletion and adverse impacts on groundwater-dependent ecosystems...
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A review of seawater intrusion and its management in Australia
Extended periods of below-average rainfall combined with a rising population density in the Australian coastal margin have led to higher stresses on coastal water resources, and the risk of seawater intrusion ...
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Fractured bedrock and saprolite hydrogeologic controls on groundwater/surface-water interaction: a conceptual model (Australia)
Hydrologic conceptual models of groundwater/surface-water interaction in a saprolite-fractured bedrock geological setting often assume that the saprolite zone is hydraulically more active than the deeper bedro...
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Integrated Surface–Subsurface Modeling of Fuxianhu Lake Catchment, Southwest China
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Integrated Surface–Subsurface Modeling of Fuxianhu Lake Catchment, Southwest China
This paper describes an integrated surface–subsurface modeling study of the Fuxianhu Lake catchment (southwest China). Pollution threats to this important water resource have led to the need to evaluate transp...
