Hydrochemistry of urban groundwater, Seoul, Korea: The impact of subway tunnels on groundwater quality

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 42-52

  Chae, Gi Tak ^a,b   Yun, Seong Taek ^a   Choi, Byoung Young ^a   Yu, Soon Young ^c   Jo, Ho Young ^a   Mayer, Bernhard ^d   Kim, Yun Jong ^e   Lee, Jin Yong ^f  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e Metropolitan Planning Research Group   (South Korea)

^f Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dissolved Mn and Fe; Hydrochemical modeling; Redox condition; Subway tunnel seepage; Urban groundwater; Water quality

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; RAILROADS; SEEPAGE; TUNNELS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; UNDERPASSES; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED MN AND FE; HYDROCHEMICAL MODELING; REDOX CONDITION; SUBWAY TUNNEL SEEPAGE; URBAN GROUNDWATER;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

AMMONIA; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; MANGANESE; NITRIC OXIDE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRON; MANGANESE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEEPAGE; STANDARD (REGULATION); TUNNEL; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DEGRADATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; WATER TRANSPORT;

BUFFERS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; IRON; KOREA; MANGANESE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RAILROADS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 53149124360     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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