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Sea level rise and inundation of island interiors: Assessing impacts of lake formation and evaporation on water resources in arid climates


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dc.contributorVivek Bedekar, vzb0009@auburn.eduen_US
dc.creatorGulley, J.D.
dc.creatorMayer, A.S.
dc.creatorMartin, J.B.
dc.creatorBedekar, V.
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T17:47:10Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T17:47:10Z
dc.date.created2016-09-28
dc.identifierhttps://doi-org.spot.lib.auburn.edu/10.1002/2016GL070667en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://agupubs-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.spot.lib.auburn.edu/doi/10.1002/2016GL070667en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11200/49778
dc.description.abstractCoasts of many low-lying islands will be inundated should sea level rise by 1 m by 2100 as projected, thereby decreasing water resources through aquifer salinization. A lesser known impact occurs if rising sea level elevates water tables above interior topographic lows to form lakes. Impacts of lake formation on water resources, however, remain unquantified. Here we use hydrological models, based on islands in the Bahamian archipelago, to demonstrate that on islands with negative water budgets, evaporation following lake inundation can cause more than twice the loss of fresh groundwater resources relative to an equivalent amount of coastal inundation. This result implies that in dry climates, low-lying islands with inland depressions could face substantially greater threats to their water resources from sea level rise than previously considered.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.publisherAMER GEOPHYSICAL UNIONen_US
dc.relation.ispartofGeophysical Research Lettersen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries0094-8276en_US
dc.subjectATOLL ISLANDen_US
dc.subjectGREAT EXUMAen_US
dc.subjectVulnerabilityen_US
dc.subjectHYDROGEOLOGYen_US
dc.subjectLensesen_US
dc.subjectTopographyen_US
dc.subjectRechargeen_US
dc.titleSea level rise and inundation of island interiors: Assessing impacts of lake formation and evaporation on water resources in arid climatesen_US
dc.typeCollectionen_US
dc.type.genreJournal Article, Academic Journalen_US
dc.citation.volume43en_US
dc.citation.issue18en_US
dc.citation.spage9712en_US
dc.citation.epage9719en_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US

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