Origin of groundwater salinity (current seawater vs. saline deep water) in a coastal karst aquifer based on Sr and Cl isotopes. Case study of the La Clape massif (southern France)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue , 2013, Pages 212-227

  Khaska, Mahmoud ^a   Le Gal La Salle, Corinne ^a   Lancelot, Joël ^a   team, ASTER ^b   Mohamad, Amad ^c   Verdoux, Patrick ^a   Noret, Aurélie ^d   Simler, Roland ^e  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c University of Tichrin   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e UAPV   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH GROUND WATER; CALCITE DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER SALINITIES; HYDROGEOLOGICAL SETTINGS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEDITERRANEAN COASTS; ORIGIN OF SALINITIES; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MIXING; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRONTIUM;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

CHLORINE ISOTOPE; CRETACEOUS; DEEP WATER; DISSOLUTION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KARST; LIMESTONE; LITHOSPHERE; MATRIX; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRANSGRESSION; TRIASSIC;

FRANCE; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84883176362     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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