Influence of rainy season and land use on drinking water quality in a karst landscape, State of Yucatán, Mexico

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 98, Issue , 2018, Pages 265-277

  Long, David T ^a,b,c   Pearson, Amber L ^a   Voice, Thomas C ^a,b,c   Polanco Rodríguez, Angel G ^d   Sanchez Rodríguez, E Cuauhtemoc ^c,e   Xagoraraki, Irene ^b,c   Concha Valdez, Fanny G ^d   Puc Franco, Miguel ^d   Lopez Cetz, Rafael ^d   Rzotkiewicz, Amanda T ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^e Hospital General Dr Agustín O Horán Mérida   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Flow paths; Karst; Land use; Seasonal effects; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALKALINITY; CONFINED FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DRY AND WET SEASONS; FLOW PATH; KARST; ROCK WATER INTERACTION; SEASONAL EFFECTS; SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE; WATER QUALITY MEASUREMENT;

LAND USE;

DRINKING WATER; FLOW PATTERN; KARST; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 85054426195     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: 18729134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.09.020     Document Type: Article

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