Tackling the salinity-pollution nexus in coastal aquifers from arid regions using nitrate and boron isotopes

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2017, Pages 13247-13261

  Re, V ^a   Sacchi, E ^b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bou Areg; Contamination; Groundwater; Mediterranean; Morocco; Salinization

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARID REGION; BORON ISOTOPE; COASTAL AQUIFER; COASTAL LAGOON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

BOU AREG AQUIFER; MOROCCO; NADOR LAGOON; ORIENTAL;

BORON; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOROCCO; SALINITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BORON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOROCCO; NITRATES; SALINITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85009841251     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8384-z     Document Type: Article

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