Isotopic and hydrogeochemical characterization of high-altitude karst aquifers in complex geological settings. The Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park (Northern Spain) case study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 506-507, Issue , 2015, Pages 466-479

  Lamban L J ^a   Jodar J ^b   Custodio, E ^b   Soler, A ^c   Sapriza, G ^d   Soto, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine hydrology; Deuterium excess; Environmental isotopes; Karst hydrology; Parque nacional ordesa y monte perdido; Snow sublimation

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE CONTROL; AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DEUTERIUM; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SNOW; SUBLIMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DEUTERIUM EXCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; INCONGRUENT DISSOLUTIONS; KARST HYDROLOGY; PARQUE NACIONAL ORDESA Y MONTE PERDIDO; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CALCIUM SULFATE; DEUTERIUM; GROUND WATER; LIMESTONE; MAGNESIUM; RAIN; TRITIUM; MINERAL;

AQUIFER; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KARST; SNOW; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBLIMATION; TRITIUM;

ALKALINITY; ALTITUDE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EOCENE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HYDROLOGY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PALEOCENE; POLYMERIZATION; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SPRING; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER FLOW;

ARAGON; ATLANTIC OCEAN; HUESCA [ARAGON]; ORDESA AND MONTE PERDIDO NATIONAL PARK; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MINERALS; SPAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84911866028     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.030     Document Type: Article

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