Identifying the effects of human pressure on groundwater quality to support water management strategies in coastal regions: A multi-tracer and statistical approach (Bou-Areg region, Morocco)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 500-501, Issue , 2014, Pages 211-223

  Re, V ^a,b   Sacchi, E ^c   Mas Pla, J ^d,e   Mencio A ^d   El Amrani, N ^f  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^e CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^f HASSAN 1ST UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Human impacts; Irrigation; MedPartnership; Morocco; PCA; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOACTIVITY; COASTAL ZONES; CULTIVATION; FOOD SUPPLY; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

HUMAN IMPACT; MEDPARTNERSHIP; MOROCCO; PCA; STABLE ISOTOPES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL ZONE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IRRIGATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MOROCCO; POLLUTION MONITORING; RURAL AREA; SALINITY; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

BOU AREG AQUIFER; MOROCCO; ORIENTAL;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MOROCCO; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84907718679     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.115     Document Type: Article

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