Coastal Aquifers in the Climate Change Era
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrogeology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2023) | Viewed by 2109
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Interests: hydrology; groundwater; geochemistry; isotopes; seismology; volcanology; spatial analysis
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Dear Colleagues,
Coastal aquifers are of paramount importance for human society because most of the world’s population live in coastal areas, and these areas represent the main water sources for drinking water, agricultural and industrial uses.
The intense exploitation and dispersion of contaminants make these areas prone to severe environmental threats, exacerbated by ongoing climate changes, leading to sea level rise, deep alterations in the space/time distribution of precipitation, and higher evapotranspiration rates, which endanger the quality and quantity of renewable coastal water resources.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present original research and review articles that discuss field observations, models and novel methods and strategies concerning the processes governing the water cycle in coastal areas, in the context of a changing environment under anthropic pressure.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Resistance and resilience of coastal aquifers to climate change;
- Hydro-geochemical tools for monitoring coastal aquifer dynamics;
- Contaminant pathways in coastal aquifers and remediation strategies;
- Saline wedge intrusion and remediation;
- Eco-sustainable exploitation strategies for coastal aquifers.
We are looking forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Paolo Madonia
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- coastal water resources
- contaminants
- eco-sustainable exploitation of coastal aquifers
- hydro-geochemistry
- isotope hydrology
- overexploitation
- remediation of salinization processes
- saline wedge
- sea level rise
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