Hydrogeochemistry and possible sulfate sources in karst groundwater in Chongqing, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-168

  Pu, Junbing ^a,b   Yuan, Daoxian ^a,b,c   Zhang, Cheng ^a,b   Zhao, Heping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b International Research Center on Karst Under the Auspices of UNESCO   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chongqing Municipality; Hydrogeochemistry; Karst groundwater; Sulfate isotope

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; CHONGQING; CHONGQING , CHINA; CULTIVATED LANDS; DIFFERENT LAND USE TYPES; GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; KARST AREAS; KARST GROUNDWATER; KARST WATER; LAND AREAS; LIMESTONE AQUIFERS; MAJOR ION CHEMISTRY; MEAN VALUES; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NORMAL FUNCTION;

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; COAL MINES; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; GYPSUM; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; SEWAGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ACID DEPOSITION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; COAL MINE; DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITE; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; GYPSUM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KARST; LIMESTONE; OXIDATION; SEWAGE; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SULFATE; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; CHONGQING;

EID: 84871931651     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1726-8     Document Type: Article

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