Spatial and temporal changes in groundwater salinity in South Florida

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-58

  Blanco, R Ivan ^a,b   Melodie Naja, G ^a   Rivero, Rosanna G ^a,c   Price, Rene M ^b  

^a Everglades Foundation   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISCAYNE AQUIFERS; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GROUNDWATER SALINITIES; INTERPOLATION METHOD; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGES;

AQUIFERS; DEEP OIL WELL DRILLING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEA LEVEL;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; GIS; SALINITY; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

BISCAYNE AQUIFER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884236995     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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