Using the Cl/Br ratio as a tracer to identify the origin of salinity in aquifers in Spain and Portugal

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 359, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 189-207

  Alcalá, Francisco J ^a   Custodio, Emilio ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chloride bromide ratio; Groundwater; Portugal; Recharge; Salinity; Spain

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; GYPSUM; LEACHING; LITHOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALT MINES; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLID WASTES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; BULK DEPOSITIONS; CHLORIDE/BROMIDE RATIO; MOLAR RATIOS; PORTUGAL; POTASSIUM HALIDES; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SEPTIC WASTE; SPAIN;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

AQUIFER; BROMINE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SOLID WASTE; TRACER;

ANDALUCIA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; DONANA AQUIFER; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 49449093280     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.06.028     Document Type: Article

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