Conceptualization of a fresh groundwater lens influenced by climate change: A modeling study of an arid-region island in the Persian Gulf, Iran

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 399-413

  Mahmoodzadeh, Davood ^a   Ketabchi, Hamed ^a   Ataie Ashtiani, Behzad ^a,b   Simmons, Craig T ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conceptual aspects; Numerical modeling; Seawater intrusion; Small islands; The Persian Gulf

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODELS; SALT WATER INTRUSION;

CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS; MODEL STUDY; PERSIAN GULF; SMALL ISLAND;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AQUIFER; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECHARGE; SALINIZATION; SEAWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARABIAN SEA; HORMOZGAN; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; KISH ISLAND; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 84905447754     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.07.010     Document Type: Article

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