Combining radon, short-lived radium isotopes and hydrodynamic modeling to assess submarine groundwater discharge from an anthropized semiarid watershed to a Mediterranean lagoon (Mar Menor, SE Spain)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 525, Issue , 2015, Pages 55-71

  Baudron, Paul ^a,b,h,i   Cockenpot, Sabine ^c   Lopez Castejon, Francisco ^d   Radakovitch, Olivier ^c   Gilabert, Javier ^d   Mayer, Adriano ^e   Garcia Arostegui, José Luis ^f,g   Martinez Vicente, David ^a,g   Leduc, Christian ^b   Claude, Christelle ^c  

^a Fundación Instituto Euromediterráneo del Agua Complejo Campus de Espinardo   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^e UAPV   (France)

^f INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^h ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

ⁱ GEOTOP Research Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic modeling; Nitrate; Radium; Radon; Reverse osmosis desalination; Submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DESALINATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; NITRATES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; RADON; SUBMARINES; SURFACE WATERS;

AREAS OF INFLUENCES; FRESH SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGES; GROUNDWATER DRAINAGE; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; RADIONUCLIDE TRACERS; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; SEMI-ARID WATERSHED; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

COASTAL LAGOON; DESALINATION; DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSMOSIS; POREWATER; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RADON ISOTOPE; WATERSHED;

MAR MENOR; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84923921471     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.015     Document Type: Article

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