Assessment of groundwater contamination caused by uncontrolled dumping in old gravel quarries in the Besòs aquifers (Barcelona, Spain)

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-289

  Navarro, Andrés ^a   Carbonell, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contamination; Flow path; Ground water; Hydrogeochemistry; Inverse modeling

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LANDFILL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUARRYING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MINING; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

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

EID: 42549117082     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-007-9123-z     Document Type: Article

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