Reply to comment by Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani on “Effects of tidal fluctuations on mixing and spreading in coastal aquifers: Homogeneous case”

María Pool; Vincent E.A. Post; Craig T. Simmons

doi:10.1002/2015WR017111

Reply to comment by Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani on “Effects of tidal fluctuations on mixing and spreading in coastal aquifers: Homogeneous case”

María Pool, Vincent E.A. Post, Craig T. Simmons

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We would like to thank Prof. Behzad Ataie‐Ashtiani for his explanatory comment on our paper [Ataie‐Ashtiani, 2015]. He notes that in confined aquifers with a vertical seaside boundary, a tidal overheight does not develop. This is in contrast to an unconfined aquifer for which a tidal overheight may develop when the tidal amplitude is significant relative to the saturated thickness, in particular in the presences of a sloping land surface. As Prof. Ataie‐Ashtiani points out, the absence of a tidal overheight in the case of a confined aquifer makes that the difference in the model outcomes for a specified head and a specified flux at the inland boundary will be less pronounced than for an unconfined aquifer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4859-4860
Number of pages	2
Journal	Water Resources Research
Volume	51
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR017111
Publication status	Published - Jun 2015

Keywords

mixing-spreading of the transition zone
spatial moments
tidal oscillations

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