Does sea-level rise have an impact on saltwater intrusion?

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1283-1291

  Chang, Sun Woo ^a   Clement, T Prabhakar ^a   Simpson, Matthew J ^b   Lee, Kang Kun ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal aquifer; Confined aquifer; Saltwater intrusion; Sea level rise; Unconfined aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER PARAMETERS; COASTAL AQUIFERS; COMPUTER CODES; CONFINED AQUIFER; CONFINED AQUIFERS; LIFTING PROCESS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SELF-REVERSAL; TRANSMISSIVITY; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL AQUIFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFINED AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSIENT FLOW;

EID: 80052827986     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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