Land-use change and managed aquifer recharge effects on the hydrogeochemistry of two contrasting atoll island aquifers, Roi-Namur Island, Republic of the Marshall Islands

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue , 2017, Pages 58-71

  Hejazian, Mehrdad ^a   Gurdak, Jason J ^a   Swarzenski, Peter ^b   Odigie, Kingsley O ^c,d   Storlazzi, Curt D ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Atomic Energy Agency Marine   (Monaco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SEA LEVEL; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WELL TESTING;

DISSOLUTION PRECIPITATIONS; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; GEOCHEMICAL REACTION; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE; MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGES;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; CARBONATE ROCK; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLUTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RECHARGE; VADOSE ZONE;

KWAJALEIN ATOLL; MARSHALL ISLANDS;

EID: 85015448463     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: 18729134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.03.006     Document Type: Article

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