Management of freshwater lenses on small Pacific islands

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Authors

White, Ian

Falkland, Tony

Publisher

Verlag-Heinz Heise, GmbH & Co KG

Abstract

The nature of shallow aquifers and the impacts of seawater intrusion in small islands within the Pacific Ocean are reviewed. Many Pacific islands rely on shallow fresh groundwater lenses in highly permeable aquifers, underlain and surrounded by seawater,

Keywords

Keywords: anthropogenic effect; aquifer; climate variation; groundwater; hydrogeology; saline intrusion; salinization; sea surface temperature; sustainability; vulnerability; water management; Pacific islands; Pacific Ocean Climatic variability; Freshwater lens; Groundwater management; Island hydrogeology; Salinization

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/32563

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Hydrogeology Journal

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s10040-009-0525-0

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2037-12-31

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