Controls of evaporative irrigation return flows in comparison to seawater intrusion in coastal karstic aquifers in northern Sri Lanka: Evidence from solutes and stable isotopes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 548-549, Issue , 2016, Pages 421-428

  Chandrajith, Rohana ^a   Diyabalanage, Saranga ^a   Premathilake, K M ^b   Hanke, Christian ^c   van Geldern, Robert ^c   Barth, Johannes A C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Water Supply and Drainage Board ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcite dissolution; Carbonate aquifers; Groundwater quality; Irrigation return flows; Selenium; Water stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CHLORINE; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; MERCURY (METAL); SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEAWATER; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

CALCITE DISSOLUTION; CARBONATE AQUIFER; DRINKING AND AGRICULTURES; EVAPORATIVE CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL STUDIES; IRRIGATION RETURN FLOWS; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BICARBONATE; BORON; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DEUTERIUM; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; OXYGEN 18; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFATE; URANIUM; ZINC;

CALCITE; COASTAL AQUIFER; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; IRRIGATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; SALINE INTRUSION; SEAWATER; SELENIUM; SOLUTE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVAPORATION; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LIMIT OF DETECTION; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEAWATER INTRUSION; SRI LANKA; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

JAFFNA PENINSULA; NORTHERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84954514607     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.050     Document Type: Article

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