Characterisation of dissolved organic matter in karst spring waters using intrinsic fluorescence: Relationship with infiltration processes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3448-3462

  Mudarra, M ^a   Andreo, B ^a   Baker, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbonate (karst) aquifer; Dissolved organic matter; Intrinsic fluorescence; Natural hydrochemical tracers; Southern Spain

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EPIKARST; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; HYDROCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; HYDROCHEMICAL TRACERS; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; IN-SITU; INFILTRATION PROCESS; INFILTRATION VELOCITY; INTRINSIC FLUORESCENCE; KARST AQUIFER; MICROBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; NATURAL HYDROCHEMICAL TRACERS; RECHARGE WATER; SOIL DEVELOPMENT; SOUTHERN SPAIN; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPRING WATER; TRANSFER PATHWAY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AGRICULTURE; ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROPHORES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; SPRINGS (WATER);

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

CHLORIDE ION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FULVIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFER; CARBONATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; KARST; TRACER; VULNERABILITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER INFILTRAITON; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CALCIUM SULFATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE; FRESH WATER; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SPAIN;

EID: 79959706159     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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