HR: 1400h
AN: H73A-04    [Abstracts]
TI: An Examination of the Effect of Changing Recharge Rates on Coastal Aquifers
AU: * Underwood, E C
EM: eunderwo@stfx.ca
AF: Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Box 5000, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada
AU: Ferguson, G
EM: gferguso@stfx.ca
AF: Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Box 5000, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada
AB: Saltwater intrusion along coastlines has been a serious problem in several areas in North America and around the world. With sea level rising every year, saltwater intrusion is becoming a prominent problem in coastal aquifer sustainability. It is suspected that coastal groundwater supplies in Nova Scotia have the potential for saltwater intrusion, but this possibility has not been clearly defined or studied. It is also unclear what effect changes in the recharge rates will have on the distribution of saline groundwater. In this study, predictions of future salinity distributions are made with numerical models using probable future sea levels and groundwater recharge rates.
DE: 1807 Climate impacts
DE: 1830 Groundwater/surface water interaction
DE: 1831 Groundwater quality
DE: 1832 Groundwater transport
SC: Hydrology [H]
MN: 2009 Joint Assembly