Contribution of the aquitard to the regional groundwater hydrochemistry of the underlying confined aquifer in the Pearl River Delta, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 663-671

  Wang, Ya ^a   Jiao, Jiu Jimmy ^a   Cherry, John A ^b   Lee, Chun Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquifer aquitard system; Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Hydrogeochemical processes; The Pearl River Delta

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SEAWATER;

AQUIFER-AQUITARD SYSTEM; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; QUATERNARY AQUIFERS; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE ION; DELTA DEUTERIUM; DELTA NITROGEN 15; DELTA OXYGEN 18; GROUND WATER; PALEO SEA WATER; POREWATER; RADIOISOTOPE; SEA WATER; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUITARD; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFINED AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HOLOCENE; INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AQUIFER; AQUITARD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HOLOCENE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SALINITY; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLID; WATER FLOW;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84879226279     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.046     Document Type: Article

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