Seawater intrusion mapping using electrical resistivity tomography and hydrochemical data. An application in the coastal area of eastern Thermaikos Gulf, Greece

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 543, Issue , 2016, Pages 373-387

  Kazakis, N ^a   Pavlou, A ^a   Vargemezis, G ^a   Voudouris, K S ^a   Soulios, G ^a   Pliakas, F ^b   Tsokas, G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Electrical resistivity tomography; Greece; Ionic ratio; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEAWATER;

COASTAL AQUIFERS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; GEOELECTRICAL METHODS; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GREECE; HYDROCHEMICAL DATA; IONIC RATIOS; THERMAIKOS GULF;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; SEA WATER; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL ZONE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MAPPING; SALINE INTRUSION; SEAWATER; TOMOGRAPHY;

AIRPORT; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GREECE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER INTRUSION; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER ANALYSIS;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THERMAIKOS GULF;

EID: 84947800868     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.041     Document Type: Article

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