Tracing groundwater salinization processes in coastal aquifers: a hydrogeochemical and isotopic approach in the Na-Cl brackish waters of northwestern Sardinia, Italy

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2917-2928

  Mongelli, G ^a   Monni, S ^b   Oggiano, G ^b   Paternoster, M ^a   Sinisi, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER SALINIZATIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGICAL FEATURES; METEORIC WATER LINES; SALINIZATION PROCESS; SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

BRACKISH WATER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL AQUIFER; DATA SET; GROUNDWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METEORIC WATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOZOIC; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINIZATION; SEAWATER; SULFATE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NURRA; SARDINIA; SASSARI;

EID: 84880903917     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-2917-2013     Document Type: Article

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