The hydrochemistry of a chalk aquifer during recovery from drought

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 473-486

  Darling, W G ^a   Gooddy, D C ^a   Morris, B L ^a   Peach, D W ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE WATER; BRITAIN; BUFFERING EFFECT; ENGLAND; FUTURE CLIMATE; MONITORING PERIODS; PERENNIAL SPRINGS; QUALITY CHANGE; RESIDENCE TIME; STABLE ISOTOPES; WATER LEVEL CHANGES; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; RAIN; SPRINGS (WATER); WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AMPLITUDE; AQUIFER; CHALK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; RAINFALL; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; LAMBOURN RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST BERKSHIRE;

EID: 84873815679     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/qjegh2012-022     Document Type: Article

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