Origin and type of rainfall for recharge of a karstic aquifer in the western Mediterranean: A case study from the Sierra de Gador-Campo de Dalias (southeast Spain)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 359-368

  Frot, Elisabeth ^a   van Wesemael, Bas ^a   Vandenschrick, Grégoire ^a   Souchez, Roland ^b   Benet, Albert Solé ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deuterium excess; GNIP; Groundwater recharge; Precipitation; Spain; Statistical approach; Water stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPES; RAIN; STORMS;

GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; KARSTIC AQUIFER; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPES; RAIN; STORMS;

AQUIFER; BASIN; DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER DEMAND; WATER VAPOR;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; CAMPO DE DALIAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SIERRA DE GADOR; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846679664     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6238     Document Type: Article

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