Ammonium occurrence in a salinized lowland coastal aquifer (ferrara, italy)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 3495-3501

  Mastrocicco, M ^a   Giambastiani, B M S ^a   Colombani, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Coastal aquifer; Groundwater quality; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; COASTAL AQUIFERS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; INORGANIC NITROGEN; INORGANIC NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; INORGANIC SPECIES; UNCONFINED COASTAL AQUIFERS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; NITROGEN; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFERS;

AMMONIUM; COASTAL AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; FERRARA; ITALY;

EID: 84886310048     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9467     Document Type: Article

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