Scenarios of groundwater pollution in a Karst watershed: A case study in the Pinar del Rio province at Cuba

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 287-292

  Farfan H ^a   Dias, C ^b   Parise, M ^c   Aldana, C ^d  

^a Research Center and Environmental Surveys   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PINAR DEL RÍO   (Cuba)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d CITMA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; KARST GROUNDWATER; LAND USE PLANNING; TRACING TESTS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84986582079     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12486-0_44     Document Type: Article

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