Evaluation of the impacts of climate changes on the coastal Chaouia aquifer, Morocco, using numerical modeling

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1411-1426

  Moustadraf, J ^a   Razack, Moumtaz ^a   Sinan, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Ecole Hassania des Travaux Publics   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Arid regions; Climate change; Coastal aquifers; Morocco; Numerical model

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL AQUIFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

AFRICA; CHAOUIA-OUARDIGHA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 54949121777     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0311-4     Document Type: Article

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