Hydro-geochemical evolution of groundwater in an alluvial aquifer: Case of Kurokawa aquifer, Tochigi prefecture, Japan

Desalination

Volumn 246, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 485-495

  Chkirbene, Anis ^a   Tsujimura, Maki ^b   Charef, Abdelkrim ^a   Tanaka, Tadashi ^b  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifer; Groundwater; Hydro geochemistry; Kurokawa basin, Japan

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ALLUVIAL AQUIFER; ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; DIAGRAM METHOD; DILUTION PROCESS; DISTRIBUTED WATER; DOWNSTREAM REGION; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; FIELD SURVEYS; FLOOD PLAINS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDRO-GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; KUROKAWA BASIN, JAPAN; METEORIC WATERS; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

AQUIFERS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SOLVENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; METEORIC WATER; PERCOLATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KUROKAWA; NIIGATA;

EID: 68549085260     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.04.057     Document Type: Article

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