The origin of increased salinity in the Cambrian-Vendian aquifer system on the Kopli Peninsula, northern Estonia

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 424-435

  Karro, Enn ^a   Marandi, Andres ^a   Vaikmäe, Rein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Estonia; Over abstraction; Salinization

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINIZATION;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 4644266083     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-004-0339-z     Document Type: Article

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