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So far, the development of hydrodynamic shaping of buoyant masses has been concerned with steady-state situations in confined aquifers. However, several naturally occurring situations arise in which one of the aquifer boundaries is removed, normally the upper boundary. For instance, the flow of saline water through a fresh water regime and the flow of cold dense water into a warm, light ocean constitute situations, as sketched in Fig. 9.1, in which the “top” of the sealing aquifer is removed and the air—water interface under gravity acts as the unconfined marker position of the aquifer horizon.
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Lerche, I., Thomsen, R.O. (1994). Saline and Fresh Water Flows. In: Hydrodynamics of Oil and Gas. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1301-2_9
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