Integrated hydrochemical assessment of the Quaternary alluvial aquifer of the Guadalquivir River, southern Spain

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2040-2054

  Lorite Herrera, M ^a   Jimenez Espinosa R ^a   Jimenez Millan J ^a   Hiscock, K M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; RIVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; GROUND WATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMICAL; HYDROCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; HYDROCHEMICAL METHODS; IN ORDER; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (MVSA); QUATERNARY DEPOSITS; RIVER WATER SAMPLES; SOUTHERN SPAIN;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; IRRIGATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADALQUIVIR RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 48049087207     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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