Sea-level rise and coastal groundwater inundation and shoaling at select sites in California, USA

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages 234-249

  Hoover, Daniel J ^a   Odigie, Kingsley O ^a,b   Swarzenski, Peter W ^a   Barnard, Patrick ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Coastal aquifer; Groundwater; Groundwater shoaling; Inundation projections; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952920327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22145818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.12.055     Document Type: Article

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