Identification of the origin of salinization in groundwater using minor ions (Lower Andarax, Southeast Spain)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 297, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 43-58

  Sánchez Martos, Francisco ^a   Pulido Bosch, Antonio ^a   Molina Sánchez, Luis ^a   Vallejos Izquierdo, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Andarax; Boron; Bromine; Chloride; Hydrogeochemical processes; Lithium; Semiarid region

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; COASTAL ZONES; LITHIUM; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS;

SALINIZATION;

GROUNDWATER;

BORON; BROMINE; CHLORINE; GROUND WATER; ION; LITHIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE;

BORON; BROMINE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LITHIUM; SALINIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; EVAPORATION; ION EXCHANGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEA; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; WATER ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; IONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL; SPAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

SPAIN;

EID: 0037038085     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)01011-7     Document Type: Article

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