In situ monitoring of karst springs in Wallonia (southern Belgium)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 533-541

  Meus, Philippe ^a   Moureaux, Pierre ^b   Gailliez, Sébastien ^a   Flament, Jérémy ^b   Delloye, Francis ^a   Nix, Philippe ^b  

^a Service Public de Wallonie (SPW)   (Belgium)

^b Institut Scientifique de Service Public   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Europe; Groundwater resource; Karst; Monitoring; Spring; Water policy

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FLUORESCENCE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MONITORING; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); SPRINGS (WATER); TURBIDITY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; EUROPE; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; KARST; STANDARD MEASUREMENTS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER POLICIES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84927123224     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2760-x     Document Type: Article

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