Groundwater salinization in arid coastal wetlands: a study case from Playa Fracasso, Patagonia, Argentina

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7983-7994

  Alvarez, María del Pilar ^a   Dapeña, Cristina ^b   Bouza, Pablo J ^c   Ríos, Ileana ^c   Hernández, Mario A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Geocronologia y Geologia Isotopica   (Argentina)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arid climate; Geohydrology; Hydrochemistry; Patagonia; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIUM; SOILS; TIDES;

ARID CLIMATES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER SALINIZATIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PATAGONIA; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SALINIZATION PROCESS; SALT MARSHES;

WETLANDS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL WETLAND; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PIEZOMETER; SALINE SOIL; SALINIZATION; SALTMARSH; SOIL WATER; WATER TABLE;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

EID: 84929961169     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3957-3     Document Type: Article

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