Delineating coastal groundwater discharge processes in a wetland area by means of electrical resistivity imaging, 224Ra and 222Rn

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2382-2395

  Zarroca, Mario ^a   Linares, Rogelio ^a   Rodellas, Valentí ^b   Garcia Orellana, Jordi ^a,b   Roqué, Carles ^c   Bach, Joan ^a,b   Masqué, Pere ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity imaging (ERI); Groundwater discharge; Hydro geophysics; Pen scola marsh; Radium; Radon

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY IMAGING; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY IMAGING (ERI); GEOELECTRICAL MODELING; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; HYDRO-GEOPHYSICS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONCEPTUAL MODEL; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE;

AQUIFERS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ISOTOPES; RADIUM; RADON; SURVEYS; WATER TOWERS;

WETLANDS;

DISCHARGE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PIEZOMETER; RADIUM; RADON; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

CASTELLON; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; PENISCOLA MARSH; SPAIN;

EID: 84892439635     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9793     Document Type: Article

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