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salinity intrusion [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Displacement of fresh surface or ground water by the advance of salt water due to its greater density, usually in coastal or estuarine areas but also by movement of brine from beneath a playa lake toward wells discharging fresh water.

CONT

Deposition of silt and clay in the main channel is linked to the formation of lenses of fluid mud at the upstream end of the salinity intrusion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Phénomène de marée se produisant à l'intérieur d'un estuaire et provoquant un mélange d'eau de mer et d'eau douce.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
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