Evaluation of groundwater contamination beneath an urban environment: The Besòs river basin (Barcelona, Spain)

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-269

  Navarro, Andrés ^a   Carbonell, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Heavy metals; Hydrogeochemistry; Nitrates; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; WATERSHEDS;

BARCELONA; FLOW PATH; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL AREA; URBAN AREAS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN GROUNDWATER;

HEAVY METALS;

AMMONIA; ANION; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CATION; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; NITRITE; POTASSIUM ION; SULFATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ZINC;

ANION; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; NITRATE; PH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER BASIN; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PH MEASUREMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEPTIC TANK; SEWAGE; SPAIN; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; BESOS RIVER; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34547954763     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.08.021     Document Type: Article

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