• Evaluation of the Impact of Seawater Intrusion on Coastal Aquifers with Climate Change in S. Korea

  • Sung-Ho Song*, Ga-Young Hwang, Hwan-Ho Yong, and Byungsun Lee

  • Rural Research Institute, Korea Rural Community Corporation

  • 기후변화에 따른 우리나라 해안 대수층의 해수침투 영향 평가

  • 송성호*ㆍ황가영ㆍ용환호ㆍ이병선

  • 한국농어촌공사 농어촌연구원

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This Article

  • 2025; 30(3): 54-70

    Published on Jun 30, 2025

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2025.30.3.054
  • Received on Apr 28, 2025
  • Revised on May 8, 2025
  • Accepted on Jun 16, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Sung-Ho Song

  • Rural Research Institute, Korea Rural Community Corporation

  • E-mail: shsong84@hanmail.net