Monitoring groundwater in the discharge area of a complex karst aquifer to assess the role of the saturated and unsaturated zones

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2321-2336

  Mudarra, M ^a   Andreo, B ^a   Mudry, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonate (karst) aquifer; Discharge area; Hydrochemical heterogeneity; Saturated zone; Southern Spain; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE AQUIFER; CHEMICAL COMPONENT; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; DISCHARGE ZONE; DISCRIMINANT FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE AREA; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; KARST AQUIFER; KARST SYSTEM; MINERALISATION; SATURATED ZONE; SOUTHERN SPAIN; SPRING WATER; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; UNSATURATED ZONE;

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBONATE; DISCHARGE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST; PHREATIC ZONE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VADOSE ZONE;

ANDALUCIA; MALAGA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84859101039     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1032-x     Document Type: Article

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