Desalination of a sedimentary rock aquifer system invaded by Pleistocene Champlain Sea water and processes controlling groundwater geochemistry

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 977-994

  Cloutier, Vincent ^a,b   Lefebvre, René ^a   Savard, Martine M ^c   Therrien, René ^d  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Champlain sea; Groundwater; Hydrogeochemistry; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DESALINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MIXING; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SEAWATER; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

CANADA; CHAMPLAIN SEAS; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; SALINITY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CARBONATE; CLAY; DESALINATION; DISSOLUTION; FLOW PATTERN; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INLAND SEA; ION EXCHANGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

CANADA;

EID: 77955165883     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0091-8     Document Type: Article

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