Inorganic contaminants from diffuse pollution in shallow groundwater of the Campanian Plain (Southern Italy). Implications for geochemical survey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Cuoco, E ^a   Darrah, T H ^b   Buono, G ^a   Verrengia, G ^a   De Francesco, S ^a   Eymold, W K ^b   Tedesco, D ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campanian Plain pollution; Environmental geochemistry; Groundwater geochemistry; Uranium and sulphate as contaminants

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; FERTILIZERS; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SEWAGE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; CAMPANIAN PLAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; SULPHATES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BARIUM; BICARBONATE; BORON; BROMIDE ION; CALCIUM ION; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; GROUND WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; LITHIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; RUBIDIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFATE; URANIUM; VANADIUM; FERTILIZER; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUIFER; DETECTION METHOD; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LITHOLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SULFATE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGY; ITALY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER ROCK INTERACTION; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY;

ANIMALIA;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FERTILIZERS; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ITALY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84929144237     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4307-y     Document Type: Article

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