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The direction of motion of groundwater with a varying salinity is shown to depend on the spatial position of equal-salinity surfaces (planes), along the slopes of which groundwater motion takes place. The equations required for the solution of such problems are given. The procedure is exemplified by estimating the direction of groundwater motion in the western part of the Moscow Artesian Basin.
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Translated from Vodnye Resursy, Vol. 32, No. 5, 2005, pp. 555–557.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Kiselev.
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Kiselev, P.A. Dependence of Groundwater Flow Direction on Variations in Its Salinity. Water Resour 32, 505–507 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11268-005-0064-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11268-005-0064-6