EnvThes
type: ConceptScheme

deprecated concept
type: Concept

coastal aquifer
type: Concept

coastal aquifer
type: Concept
creator: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997
is replaced by: coastal aquifer
deprecated: true
alternative label: coastal aquifers
broader: deprecated concept
definition: [Miguel Rangel Medina] A coastal aquifer is a hydrogeological unit whose basic characteristic is that one of its geographiclimits is the sea or the coastline. In this sense, the unit is generally understood as representingthe water discharge from a continental hydrologic basin. This type of aquifer is highly sensitive togroundwater extraction by wells, since unlike a continental aquifer where over-exploitation iscompensated by taking water from storage, coastal aquifers allow the entrance of sea waterinstead...
in scheme: EnvThes
scope note: MS Academic Keywords