The use of environmental isotopic (C, Sr, S) and hydrochemical tracers to characterize anthropogenic effects on karst groundwater quality: A case study of the Shuicheng Basin, SW China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1924-1936

  Li, Xiao Dong ^a   Liu, Cong Qiang ^a   Harue, Masuda ^b   Li, Si Liang ^a   Liu, Xiao Long ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ANTHROPOGENIC SPECIES; ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COAL FORMATION; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROCHEMICAL TRACERS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ION CONCENTRATIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KARST GROUNDWATER; KARSTIC; RAINY SEASONS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IONS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; STRONTIUM; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHERING;

COAL COMBUSTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KARST; LIMESTONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER POLLUTION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRACER;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; SHUICHENG BASIN;

EID: 78649451049     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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