Determination of background levels on water quality of groundwater bodies: A methodological proposal applied to a Mediterranean River basin (Guadalhorce River, Málaga, southern Spain)

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-130

  Urresti Estala, Begoña ^a   Carrasco Cantos, Francisco ^a   Vadillo Pérez, Iñaki ^a   Jiménez Gavilán, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Background levels; Distribution function; Guadalhorce River basin; Iterative 2 technique

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; RIVERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; DISTRIBUTION-FUNCTIONS; GROUNDWATER BODIES; GUADALHORCE RIVER BASIN; ITERATIVE 2Σ TECHNIQUE; KEY ELEMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; RIVER BASINS; SOUTHERN SPAIN; WATERBODIES;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

GROUND WATER;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER BASIN; THRESHOLD; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOLOGY; RIVER BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

ANDALUCIA; GUADALHORCE RIVER; MALAGA [ANDALUCIA]; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 84873033501     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.11.042     Document Type: Article

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