Identification of probable groundwater paths in the Amargosa Desert vicinity

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 565-574

  Al Qudah, Omar ^a   Woocay, Arturo ^b,c   Walton, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Juárez   (Mexico)

^c University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER FLAT; DEATH VALLEY; DOMINANT PROCESS; EVAPORATIVE CONCENTRATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTOR SCORES; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FLOW PATH; FRESH WATER; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY; HYDROCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; HYDROCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; ION CONCENTRATIONS; K-MEANS CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MAJOR IONS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL METHOD; PHREEQC; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RECHARGE AREA; SATURATION INDEX; SILICATE WEATHERING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA; YUCCA MOUNTAIN GROUNDWATERS;

CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CHLORINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEIONIZED WATER; FLUORSPAR; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; LANDFORMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SALINE WATER; SEEPAGE; SILICATES; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DESERT; EQUILIBRIUM; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE; POTENTIAL FLOW; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RECHARGE; REPOSITORY; RUNOFF; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

AMARGOSA DESERT; AMARGOSA RIVER; NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 79952628270     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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