Estimating groundwater residence time and recharge patterns in a saline coastal aquifer

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 4202-4213

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

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

environmental tracers; groundwater residence time; modelling; monitoring; reclaimed land; salinization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; CHLORINE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; MODELS; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODELS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); URBAN GROWTH;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; DENSITY DEPENDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; GROUND-WATER CIRCULATION; GROUNDWATER RESIDENCE TIME; RECLAIMED LAND; RECLAMATION SYSTEMS; SALINIZATION;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECHARGE; RECLAIMED LAND; SALINIZATION; TRACER;

EID: 84978698530     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10942     Document Type: Article

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