Groundwater vulnerability on small islands

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1100-1103

  Holding, S ^a   Allen, D M ^a   Foster, S ^a   Hsieh, A ^a   Larocque, I ^a   Klassen, J ^a   Van Pelt, S C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; FRESHWATER; GROUNDWATER; RECHARGE; SMALL ISLAND STATE; VULNERABILITY; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84997173093     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3128     Document Type: Article

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