An evaluation of climate change impacts on groundwater flow in the Plana de La Galera and Tortosa alluvial aquifers (Spain)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2595-2608

  Samper, Javier ^a   Li, Yanmei ^b   Pisani, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal aquifer; Groundwater flow; Numerical model; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; RAIN; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COASTAL AQUIFERS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; WATER BALANCE;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

EID: 84925491375     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3734-3     Document Type: Article

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