Hydrochemistry and isotope geochemistry as tools for groundwater hydrodynamic investigation in multilayer aquifers: A case study from Lomellina, Po plain, South-Western Lombardy, Italy

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 795-808

  Pilla, Giorgio ^a   Sacchi, Elisa ^a   Zuppi, Gianmaria ^b   Braga, Giovanni ^a   Ciancetti, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifers; Groundwater age; Hydrochemistry; Northern Italy; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CONFINED AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PHREATIC ZONE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO PLAIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747134317     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-005-0465-2     Document Type: Article

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