Numerical modelling of climate change impacts on freshwater lenses on the North Sea Island of Borkum using hydrological and geophysical methods

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3621-3643

  Sulzbacher, H ^a   Wiederhold, H ^a   Siemon, B ^b   Grinat, M ^a   Igel, J ^a   Burschil, T ^a   Gunther T ^a   Hinsby, K ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COASTAL GROUNDWATER; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL MODELS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; PROTECTION MEASURES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; VERTICAL ELECTRODES;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENGINE MOUNTINGS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL AQUIFER; DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GEOPHYSICS; HYDRAULIC HEAD; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINIZATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVEYING; WATER SUPPLY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BORKUM; EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 84870281168     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3621-2012     Document Type: Article

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