Methodology of hydrogeological characterization of deep carbonate aquifers as potential reservoirs of groundwater. Case of study: The Jurassic aquifer of El Maestrazgo (Castellón, Spain)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 521-536

  Mejias M ^a   Garcia Orellana, J ^b   Plata, J L ^a   Marina, M ^a   Garcia Solsona, E ^b   Ballesteros, B ^a   Masque P ^b   Lopez J ^a   Fernandez Arrojo C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deep aquifer characterization methodology; El Maestrazgo; Mediterranean; Radium isotopes; Spain; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; HYDROGEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARBONATE AQUIFERS; DEEP AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; RADIUM ISOTOPES; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CARBONATE; DISCHARGE; FACIES; GEOMETRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; JURASSIC; MAPPING METHOD; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RESERVOIR; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CASTELLON; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAESTRAZGO AQUIFER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 40149112044     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0845-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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