Groundwater and river baseline quality using major, trace elements, organic carbon and Sr-Pb-O isotopes in a Mediterranean catchment: The case of the Lower Var Valley (south-eastern France)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 472-473, Issue , 2012, Pages 126-147

  Potot, Cécile ^a   Féraud, Gilbert ^a   Schärer, Urs ^a   Barats, Aurélie ^a   Durrieu, Gaël ^b   Le Poupon, Christophe ^b   Travi, Yves ^c   Simler, Roland ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^c UAPV   (France)

Author keywords

Baseline; Groundwater quality; Lead and strontium isotopes; Lower Var Valley; Mediterranean watershed; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; BASELINE; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; DISSOLVED SILICA; ENDMEMBERS; EVAPORITE DISSOLUTION; EVAPORITES; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LATE PALEOZOIC; LI CONTENT; LIMESTONE AQUIFERS; LOWER VAR VALLEY; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MEDIAN VALUE; MEDITERRANEAN CATCHMENT; METALLIC CONTAMINATION; METHYL BROMIDE; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; PERMO-TRIASSIC; RESIDENCE TIME; RESIDENTIAL WASTES; RIVER VALLEY; ROCK COMPOSITION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITION;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BROMINE; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CATCHMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; FERTILIZERS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; LEAD; LIMESTONE; RIVER POLLUTION; RUBIDIUM; SILICA; SORPTION; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VALUE ENGINEERING; WATER QUALITY;

STRONTIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASELINE SURVEY; CONGLOMERATE; LEAD ISOTOPE; LIMESTONE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; VAR VALLEY;

EID: 84868303495     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.09.023     Document Type: Article

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