Nitrate as a tracer of groundwater flow in a fractured multilayered aquifer;Traçage par le nitrate de l'écoulement des eaux souterraines dans un aquifère fracture multicouches

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-122

  Menció, Anna ^a   Mas Pla, Josep ^a   Otero, Neus ^b,c   Soler, Albert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contamination; Nitrate; Osona; Spain; Tracer

Indexed keywords

AQUITARDS; FLOW PATH; FLOW SYSTEMS; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; GROUNDWATER PUMPING; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; ISOTOPIC DATA; MULTI-LAYERED AQUIFER; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; OSONA; POLLUTED AQUIFERS; REGIONAL MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS; SPAIN; TRACER; WELL CONSTRUCTIONS;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MANURES; OIL WELL DRILLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NITRATES;

AQUIFER; AQUITARD; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACER;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; OSONA; SPAIN;

EID: 79951571188     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2010.543086     Document Type: Article

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