Evaluation of climate change effects in a coastal aquifer in Morocco using a density-dependent numerical model

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-252

  Carneiro, Júlio Ferreira ^a   Boughriba, Mimoun ^b   Correia, António ^a   Zarhloule, Yassine ^b   Rimi, Abdelkrim ^c   Houadi, Boubker El ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c Institut Scientifique   (Morocco)

^d Hydraulic Basin Agency of the Moulouya   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal aquifer; IPCC scenarios; Numerical modelling; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COASTAL AQUIFERS; EMISSION SCENARIO; GROUNDWATER MODELS; MAIN EFFECT; MOULOUYA RIVER; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEAWATER INTRUSION; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL AQUIFER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; INFLOW; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAWATER; SHALLOW WATER; WATER QUALITY;

MEDITERRANEAN COAST [MOROCCO]; MOROCCO; MOULOUYA RIVER; ORIENTAL;

EID: 77953968093     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0339-3     Document Type: Article

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