Salinity of deep groundwater in California: Water quantity, quality, and protection

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 28, 2016, Pages 7768-7773

  Kang, Mary ^a   Jackson, Robert B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Contamination; Groundwater quantity; Oil and gas development; Salinity

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; OIL; SALT WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; VOLUME; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; CHEMISTRY; OIL AND GAS FIELD; WATER POLLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; GROUNDWATER; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; SALINITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84978138328     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1600400113     Document Type: Article

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