Origin of salinity in a multilayered aquifer with high salinization vulnerability

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-188

  Gassama, Nathalie ^a   Dia, Aline ^b   Violette, Sophie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Groundwater; H and Sr isotopes; O; Salinization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; COASTAL AREA; FERTILIZER USE; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; ISOTOPIC DATA; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MONSOON INTENSITY; MULTI-LAYERED AQUIFER; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; RECHARGE AREA; RECHARGE WATER; SALINIZATION; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SULPHATES; TAMIL NADU; WATER ABSTRACTION; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WATER TABLES; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE; COASTAL ZONES; FERTILIZERS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM; SURFACE WATERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER TABLE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; WATERSHED;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84855433073     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8125     Document Type: Article

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