Sea-level rise impact on fresh groundwater lenses in two-layer small islands

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 5938-5953

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

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Fresh groundwater lens; Seawater intrusion; Small islands; Two layer aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERFACE STATES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

AQUIFER THICKNESS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; GEOLOGICAL LAYERS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SMALL ISLAND; TWO-LAYER AQUIFERS;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 84905462429     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10059     Document Type: Article

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