Groundwater geochemistry of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: Constraints on stratigraphy and hydrogeology

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 367, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 27-40

  Perry, Eugene ^a   Paytan, Adina ^b   Pedersen, Bianca ^a   Velazquez Oliman, Guadalupe ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Cancun QR ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chicxulub impact; Evaporite; Polje; Strontium isotopes; Yucat n

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COASTAL ZONES; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GYPSUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MINERALS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SEAWATER EFFECTS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM; SULFATE MINERALS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHICXULUB IMPACT; EOCENE ROCKS; EVAPORITE; FLOW DIRECTIONS; GROUNDWATER FLOW DIRECTIONS; HIGH PERMEABILITIES; IMPACT EJECTA; IMPACT EVENTS; ION CONCENTRATIONS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LIQUID WASTES; ME-XICO; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCENE; PHREEQC; POLJE; SEAWATER MIXING; SEDIMENTARY PACKAGES; SHALLOW SEAS; SHALLOW SUBSURFACES; SOIL DEVELOPMENT; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; YUCATAN; YUCATAN PENINSULAS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVAPORITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MIXING; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 60549095828     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.12.026     Document Type: Article

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