A new physical barrier system for seawater intrusion control
- Submitting institution
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Brunel University London
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 238-187827-23981
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.04.005
- Title of journal
- Journal Of Hydrology
- Article number
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- First page
- 416
- Volume
- 549
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0022-1694
- Open access status
- Technical exception
- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/16460
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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1 - Energy & Environment
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This study proposes the mixed physical barrier (MPB) as a new barrier system for seawater intrusion control, which combines an impermeable cutoff wall and a semi-permeable subsurface dam. The performance achieved by the MPB with a wall depth of 40% of the aquifer thickness was greater than that of a single cutoff wall with a penetration depth of 90% of the aquifer thickness (about 13% extra reduction). This means that the MPB could produce better seawater intrusion reduction than traditionally used barriers at even lower cost. This paper, and other papers of the author, led to major EPSRC grant EP/R019258/1.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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