Performance of different assessment methods to evaluate contaminant sources and fate in a coastal aquifer

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 15536-15548

  Sbarbati, C ^a   Colombani, N ^a   Mastrocicco, M ^b   Aravena, R ^c   Petitta, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Characterization techniques; Coastal environment; Conceptual model; Contaminants monitoring; Inorganic and organic contaminants; Polluted site

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL ZONE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTAMINATED LAND; DESIGN; DEUTERIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SALINE INTRUSION; SEAWATER;

GROUND WATER; OXYGEN; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; ITALY; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84945435653     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4731-0     Document Type: Article

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