Groundwater salinity and hydrochemical processes in the volcano-sedimentary aquifer of La Aldea, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 484, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 154-166

  Cruz Fuentes, Tatiana ^a   Cabrera, María del Carmen ^a   Heredia, Javier ^b   Custodio, Emilio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary islands; Hydrogeochemistry; Modeling; Return irrigation flows; Salinization processes; Volcanic sedimentary aquifer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AQUIFERS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; MODELS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SODIUM; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; VOLCANOES; WATER SUPPLY;

CANARY ISLANDS; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; HYDROCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONCEPTUAL MODEL; INTRA-ANNUAL VARIABILITY; IRRIGATION WATER REQUIREMENTS; RETURN IRRIGATION FLOWS; SALINIZATION PROCESS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

BICARBONATE; CHLORINE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; RAIN; RUNOFF; SILICATE; SODIUM; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; INORGANIC SALT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANNUAL VARIATION; AQUIFER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; MODELING; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SPAIN; VOLCANO; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHERING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANARY ISLANDS; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; SPAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; SALINITY; SALTS; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84897426567     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.041     Document Type: Article

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