Evaluating the anthropogenic impacts on groundwaters; a methodology based on the determination of natural background levels and threshold values

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2223-2237

  Gemitzi, Alexandra ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Groundwater Directive; Natural background level; Pristine aquifer; Threshold value

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EUROPEAN PROJECT; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; GROUNDWATER DIRECTIVES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN INTERVENTION; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MONITORING LOCATIONS; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; NORTHERN GREECE; RHODOPE; STUDY AREAS; SUB-AREAS; SULPHATES; THRESHOLD VALUE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER POLLUTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; GREECE; RHODOPE;

EID: 84870392647     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1664-5     Document Type: Article

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