Functioning of a karst aquifer from S Spain under highly variable climate conditions, deduced from hydrochemical records

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2337-2349

  Barbera J A ^a   Andreo, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydrochemical heterogeneity; Hydrochemistry; Hydrogeology; Karst aquifer; South Spain

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPONENT; CLIMATE CONDITION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EPIKARST; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH VARIABILITY; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROLOGICAL YEARS; HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; KARST AQUIFER; KARST SYSTEM; MOBILISATION; PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER; RECHARGE WATER; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; SATURATED ZONE; SHALLOW AREAS; SOUTH SPAIN; SOUTHERN SPAIN; UNSATURATED ZONE;

AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED LOAD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; KARST HYDROLOGY; PHREATIC ZONE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SAMPLING; SPRING WATER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER PLANNING;

SPAIN;

EID: 84859110331     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1382-4     Document Type: Article

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