Quantifying groundwater discharge from different sources into a Mediterranean wetland by using 222Rn and Ra isotopes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-22

  Rodellas, Valentí ^a   Garcia Orellana, Jordi ^a,b   Garcia Solsona, Ester ^c   Masqué, Pere ^a,b   Domínguez, Jose Antonio ^d   Ballesteros, Bruno J ^d   Mejías, Miguel ^d   Zarroca, Mario ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c LEGOS   (France)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

222Rn; Coastal wetland; Groundwater discharge; Pen scola marsh; Ra isotopes

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; CARBONATE AQUIFER; COASTAL WETLANDS; DEEP FLOW; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATH; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUND WATER INFLOW; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; INTERANNUAL; INTERMEDIATE FLOW; SHALLOW FLOW; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; WATER INFLOWS;

AQUIFERS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; RADON; SEAWATER; WETLANDS;

RADIUM;

BASEFLOW; CARBONATE; COASTAL WETLAND; DISCHARGE; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; INFLOW; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RADON ISOTOPE; SALINE INTRUSION; TRACER;

CASTELLON; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; PENISCOLA MARSH; SPAIN;

EID: 84866535860     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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