Environmental impacts of groundwater overdraft: Selected case studies in the southwestern United States

Environmental Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 396-404

  Zektser, S ^b   Loaiciga H A ^a   Wolf, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WATER PROBLEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aquifer stream interactions; Baseflow; Groundwater overdraft; Land subsidence

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDRAULICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEAWATER; VEGETATION;

DEMAND; GROUNDWATER OVERDRAFT; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; URBAN CENTERS;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; SALINE INTRUSION; SUBSIDENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12844254599     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1164-3     Document Type: Review

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