Climate-driven sea level anomalies modulate coastal groundwater dynamics and discharge

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2701-2706

  Gonneea, Meagan Eagle ^a   Mulligan, Ann E ^a   Charette, Matthew A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

climate; coastal aquifer; groundwater; sea level; submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CLIMATE; COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER HEADS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; UNCONFINED COASTAL AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATOLOGY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODELS;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL WATER; DISCHARGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYDRAULIC HEAD; MIXING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84879991164     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50192     Document Type: Article

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