Research Article

Experiment and Numerical Simulation of Seawater Intrusion under the Influences of Tidal Fluctuation and Groundwater Exploitation in Coastal Multilayered Aquifers

Table 1

Model parameters and their values used in the numerical simulations.

ParameterDefinitionUnitValue

Hydraulic conductivitym/d4.3 (fine sand layer)
0.03 (clay layer)
38.0 (coarse sand layer)
Specific yieldā€”0.30
Specific storage1/m10-5
Density of the freshwaterkg/m3
Density of the seawaterkg/m3
Longitudinal dispersivitym0.1
Transverse dispersivitym0.005
Molecular diffusion coefficient in porous mediam2/s10-9
Time periodmin1200
Pumping ratesL/min,