Stable isotopes of water as a tool to study groundwater-seawater interactions in coastal south-eastern Sicily

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 364, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 40-49

  Schiavo, M A ^a,b   Hauser, S ^a,b   Povinec, P P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Deuterium; Groundwater; Oxygen 18; Sicily; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; DEUTERIUM; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); SUBMARINES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COASTAL GROUNDWATERS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; FRESHWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; LIMESTONE AQUIFERS; POSITIVE VALUES; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SICILY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES OF WATERS; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE; DEUTERIUM; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; LIMESTONE; OXYGEN; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HYBLEAN PLATEAU; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57649171651     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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