A preliminary assessment of hydrogeological features and selected anthropogenic impacts on an alluvial fan aquifer system in Greece

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 439-452

  Petalas, Christos P ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan aquifer; Environmental impacts; Groundwater flow; Groundwater surface water relations; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ALLUVIAL FANS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; GROUNDWATER/SURFACE-WATER RELATIONS; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

AQUIFERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINERALS; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL FAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHANNELIZATION; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GAUGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

GREECE; KOMPSATOS RIVER;

EID: 84881665214     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2138-5     Document Type: Article

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