Effects of sea-level rise on ground water flow in a coastal aquifer system

Ground Water

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-217

  Masterson, John P ^a   Garabedian, Stephen P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SALINE WATER; SEA LEVEL;

COASTAL AQUIFER SYSTEMS; DAMPENING EFFECTS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FRESH WATER;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

COASTAL AQUIFER; ESTUARINE FRONT; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER LEVEL;

ARTICLE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FRESH WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847417944     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2006.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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