Assessing redox zones and seawater intrusion in a coastal aquifer in South Korea using hydrogeological, chemical and isotopic approaches

Chemical Geology

Volumn 390, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-134

  Kim, Duk Min ^a,b   Yun, Seong Taek ^a,c   Kwon, Man Jae ^d   Mayer, Bernhard ^c   Kim, Kyoung Ho ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Mine Reclamation Corporation   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacterial sulfate reduction (BSR); Hydrochemistry; Methanogenesis; Seawater intrusion; Shallow alluvial groundwater; Sulfur and oxygen isotopes of sulfate

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEAWATER; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ZONING;

BACTERIAL SULFATE REDUCTION; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; METHANOGENESIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE EXCHANGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; REDUCING ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANOGENESIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SALINE INTRUSION; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

KANGWON; SOUTH KOREA; YANGYANG;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84910650649     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.10.024     Document Type: Article

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