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Simulation of Groundwater Flow in a Sedimentary Aquifer System Subjected to Overexploitation

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Groundwater flow models are applied to a large variety of hydrogeological conditions in different aquifer types, in order to simulate the groundwater flow of the investigated system. This paper aims to present the application of a groundwater flow model for the simulation of a sedimentary aquifer, located in Northern Greece. The simulation involves the period between April 2003 and April 2004, and the model is divided into two distinct stress periods, each containing two different time steps. The simulation of the aquifer is found to be satisfactory, conclusion which is based on both graphical as well as arithmetical verifications. The groundwater flow simulation was achieved by the application of the MODFLOW code.

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Acknowledgements

The first author would like to express his thanks to Professor Emeritus George Kallergis for his support and his very interesting suggestions and recommendations regarding the hydrogeological assessment of the study area. All satellite images (basemaps) of the present research paper are adapted from Google Earth© 2005.

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    Andreas Kallioras, Fotios Pliakas & Ioannis Diamantis

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Kallioras, A., Pliakas, F. & Diamantis, I. Simulation of Groundwater Flow in a Sedimentary Aquifer System Subjected to Overexploitation. Water Air Soil Pollut 211, 177–201 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-009-0291-6

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