Salinity variations in the water resources fed by the Etnean volcanic aquifers (Sicily, Italy): Natural vs. anthropogenic causes

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 431-446

  D'Alessandro, Walter ^a   Bellomo, Sergio ^a   Bonfanti, Pietro ^a   Brusca, Lorenzo ^a   Longo, Manfredi ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Groundwater monitoring; Hydrochemistry; Over abstraction; Salinization; Sen's slope estimator

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER MONITORING; HYDROCHEMISTRY; OVER-ABSTRACTION; SALINIZATION; SEN'S SLOPE ESTIMATOR;

ABSTRACTING; AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES; VOLCANOES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; SALINITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLCANO; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; SALINITY; SICILY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 79151479402     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1397-4     Document Type: Article

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