Groundwater recharge in semi-arid carbonate aquifers under intensive use: The Estepa Range aquifers (Seville, southern Spain)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2453-2468

  Martos Rosillo, Sergio ^a   Rodríguez Rodríguez, Miguel ^b   Pedrera, Antonio ^d   Cruz SanJulián, J Javier ^c   Rubio, J Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquifers management; Hydrogeology; Karst; Renewable resources; Spain; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS MANAGEMENTS; CHLORIDE MASS BALANCE; GROUNDWATER EXPLOITATION; INTENSIVE EXPLOITATIONS; KARST; NON-CONVENTIONAL METHODS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SPAIN;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CARBONATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; WATER RESOURCES;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; CARBONATE; EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; KARST; MASS BALANCE; RECHARGE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ANDALUCIA; SEVILLA; SEVILLE; SPAIN;

EID: 84886785849     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2288-0     Document Type: Article

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