Global assessment of vulnerability to sea-level rise in topography-limited and recharge-limited coastal groundwater systems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2228-2240

  Michael, Holly A ^a,b   Russoniello, Christopher J ^a   Byron, Lindsay A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

aquifer salinization; climate change; groundwater management; groundwater modeling; sea level rise; submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEA LEVEL; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER MODELING; HYDROGEOLOGIC PROPERTIES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA-LEVEL RISE SCENARIOS; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; VULNERABILITY INDICATORS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AQUIFER; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DISCHARGE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERMEABILITY; RECHARGE; SALINIZATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VULNERABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84877980337     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20213     Document Type: Article

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