Aquifer interactions with a polluted mountain river of Nicaragua

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2264-2273

  Mendoza, Jose Alfredo ^a,b   Ulriksen, Peter ^b   Picado, Francisco ^a   Dahlin, Torleif ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Groundwater; Nicaragua; Pollution; Resistivity imaging; Surface water; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLAY MINERALS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLUID MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MERCURY (METAL); OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DATA SERIES; FRACTURED ROCKS; GROUND WATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER TRANSPORT; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; MERCURY(III); MOUNTAIN RIVERS; NICARAGUA; RAPID RESPONSE; RESISTIVITY IMAGING; SHALLOW AQUIFERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; DISCHARGE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RECHARGE; SURFACE WATER; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 46449086661     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6822     Document Type: Article

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