Effects of Groundwater Development on Uranium: Central Valley, California, USA

Ground Water

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 913-928

  Jurgens, Bryant C ^a   Fram, Miranda S ^a   Belitz, Kenneth ^a   Burow, Karen R ^a   Landon, Matthew K ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA , USA; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; GROUND WATER MOVEMENT; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT; GROUNDWATER PUMPING; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; STRONG CORRELATION; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CENTERS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ARID REGIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IRRIGATION; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTABLE WATER; PUMPS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WELLS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

BICARBONATE; URANIUM;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARID REGION; BICARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GRASS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEACHING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PUMPING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; URANIUM; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WELL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; BICARBONATES; CALIFORNIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 78149286541     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2009.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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