Non-permanent shallow halocline in a fractured carbonate aquifer, southern Italy

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 267-272

  Petrella, Emma ^a   Naclerio, Gino ^a   Falasca, Antonio ^a   Bucci, Antonio ^a   Capuano, Paolo ^b   Felice, Vincenzo De ^a   Celico, Fulvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbonate rock; Fractured aquifer; Groundwater; Halocline

Indexed keywords

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CARBONATE BEDROCK; CARBONATE ROCK; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTURED AQUIFER; FRACTURED CARBONATES; GROUNDWATER LAYERS; H-CONTENT; HALOCLINE; HYDROCHEMICAL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; INFILTRATION PROCESS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIXED LAYER; MIXING PROCESS; OBSERVATION WELLS; RESIDENCE TIME; SATURATED PASTES; SOIL MEDIUM; SOUTHERN ITALY; SPRING WATER; TRANSITION LAYERS; VELOCITY SHEAR;

AQUIFERS; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; ROCKS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; BEDROCK; CARBONATE ROCK; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HALOCLINE; HOMOGENEITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; POROSITY; SHALLOW WATER; SPRING WATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 66949164062     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.04.033     Document Type: Article

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