Response of the Mediterranean and Dead Sea coastal aquifers to sea level variations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Yechieli, Y ^a   Shalev, E ^a   Wollman, S ^a   Kiro, Y ^a   Kafri, U ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL TOPOGRAPHY; DEAD SEA; FAST RESPONSE; GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OVER-EXPLOITATION OF GROUNDWATERS; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; WATER INTERFACE;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS;

SALINE WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL AQUIFER; EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE; SOFTWARE; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER LEVEL;

DEAD SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 78650988442     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008708     Document Type: Review

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