Predicting Salinization Trends in a Lowland Coastal Aquifer: Comacchio (Italy)

Water Resources Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 603-618

  Colombani, Nicolò ^a,b   Mastrocicco, Micòl ^c   Giambastiani, Beatrice Maria Sole ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Groundwater salinization; Modelling recharge; SEAWAT

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRRIGATION CANALS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL; WATER SUPPLY;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; GROUNDWATER SALINIZATIONS; SEAWAT; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; MODELING; RECHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

COMACCHIO; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; FERRARA; ITALY; PO RIVER;

EID: 84920500897     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0795-8     Document Type: Article

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