Groundwater in the Coastal Zones of Asia-Pacific

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Wetzelhuetter, Christoph (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Coastal Research Library, 7
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Hydrology.; Hydrogeology.; Coasts.; Aquatic ecology.; Earth Sciences.; Coastal Sciences.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

Groundwater management and conservation becomes a more and more important issue in the heavily urbanized coastal zones of the Asia-Pacific region. This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the status of coastal groundwater research in this diverse region. It includes latest methodologies and...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• Part I  Understanding the Movement of Groundwater in the Coastal Zone
• 1. Groundwater in the Coastal Zones of the Asia-Pacific Region - A threatened resource needing integrated management
• 2. Hydrogeology and hydrochemistry along two transects in mangrove tidal marsh at Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve, Hainan, China
• 3. A Geochemical and Geophysical Assessment of Coastal Groundwater Discharge at select sites in Maui and O‘ahu, Hawai‘i.- Part II  Methods in Coastal Groundwater Investigation and Assessment Tools
• 4. Use of geophysical and hydrochemical tools to investigate seawater intrusion in coastal alluvial aquifer, Andhra Pradesh, India
• 5. Geophysical Viewpoints for Groundwater Resource Development and Management in Coastal Tracts
• 6. Characterisation of a Coastal Aquifer System in the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods
• 7. Airborne transient EM methods and their applications for coastal groundwater investigations
• 8. Geophysical investigations of saltwater intrusion into the coastal groundwater aquifers of Songkhla City, Southern Thailand
• 9. Three-dimensional seawater intrusion modelling of Uley South basin, South Australia
• 10. Application of a rapid-assessment method for seawater intrusion vulnerability: Willunga Basin, South Australia.- Part III  Impacts on Groundwater Conditions
• 11. Groundwater Composition and Geochemical Controls in Small Tropical Islands of Malaysia: A comparative study
• 12. Atoll groundwater resources at risk: Combining field observations and model simulations of saline intrusion following storm-generated sea flooding
• 13. Seawater Intrusion Assessment and Mitigation in the Coastal Aquifer of Wadi Ham
• 14. Seawater intrusion under current sea-level rise: Processes accompanying coastline transgression.- Part IV  The Way Forward: Solutions and Outlook for Groundwater Management
• 15. Integrated Groundwater Use and Management in Vulnerable Coastal Zones of Asia-Pacific
• 16. Coastal groundwater and its sup-porting role in the development of Gunungsewu Geopark, Java, Indonesia
• 17. Gascoyne River, Western Australia; Alluvial Aquifer, Groundwater Management and Tools
• Index.