Groundwater reorganization in the Floridan aquifer following Holocene sea-level rise

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 683-687

  Morrissey, Sheila K ^a   Clark, Jordan F ^a   Bennett, Michael ^b   Richardson, Emily ^c   Stute, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AECOM   (United States)

^c SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; COASTAL WATER; FRESHWATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GROUNDWATER; HOLOCENE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; METEORIC WATER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VELOCITY;

FLORIDAN AQUIFER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957562659     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo956     Document Type: Article

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