Impact of Sea Level Rise on Groundwater Salinity in a Coastal Community of South Florida

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 510-529

  Guha, Hillol ^a   Panday, Sorab ^b  

^a BECHTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biscayne aquifer; Coastal aquifers; Density dependent model; Salt water intrusion; Sea level rise; Well field impacts

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; BROWARD COUNTY; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL COMMUNITIES; DENSITY DEPENDENT; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE; GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY; GROUNDWATER ELEVATIONS; GROUNDWATER HEADS; MODEL RESULTS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SALINITY INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOUTH FLORIDA;

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; WATER; WELLS;

SEA LEVEL;

BASEFLOW; CALIBRATION; CHLORIDE; COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL ZONE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WELL WATER;

BROWARD COUNTY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861788888     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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