Evaluating the fate of freshwater lenses on atoll islands after eustatic sea-level rise and cyclone-driven inundation: A modelling approach

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 88-89, Issue , 2012, Pages 76-84

  Terry, James P ^a   Chui, Ting Fong May ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atoll islands; Freshwater lens; Salinisation; Sea level rise; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATOLL ISLANDS; EUSTATIC SEA-LEVEL RISE; HUMAN POPULATION; KEY ATTRIBUTES; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MODEL DESIGN; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINISATION; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SALT CONCENTRATION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SHALLOW DEPTHS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN; WASHOVER;

FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; HURRICANES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER;

STORMS;

ATOLL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUSTACY; FLOODING; FRESHWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINIZATION; SEAWATER; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WASHOVER; WATER RESOURCE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84859928718     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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