Electrical Conductivity as a Proxy for Groundwater Density in Coastal Aquifers

Ground Water

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 785-792

  Post, V E A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGES; COASTAL AQUIFERS; CORRECTION TERMS; DATA SETS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EQUATION OF STATE; FRESH WATER; GEOCHEMICAL REACTION; HYDRAULIC HEADS;

AQUIFERS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COASTAL AQUIFER; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW PATTERN; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ION EXCHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; UNESCO;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER;

EID: 84865565753     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2011.00903.x     Document Type: Article

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