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Gonzalez-Ramon, A.; Lopez-Chicano, M.; Rubio-Campos, J.C.
Piezometric and hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater circulation in complex karst aquifers. A case study: the mancha real-pegalajar aquifer (southern spain)
Environmental Earth Science
2012
1
15

A small karst aquifer of great structural complexity has been subjected to significant resource withdrawal over recent decades. This exploitation aroused social conflict due to the effect it has had on emblematic springs. This research has analysed piezometric data collected over the course of 12 years and the spatial hydrochemical data supplied by the main water points associated with it. The spatial and temporal evolution of the main chemical species in the groundwater and the hydrogeochemical processes affecting them have been studied, modelling them with the programme PHREEQC. These data suggest a complicated model of hydrogeological function with sectors storing water at different depths and connected to each other locally as determined by the geological structure.

 

Karst aquifers, Hydrochemistry  Piezometry, 
Intensive exploitation, Betic Cordillera
10.1007/s12665-012-1529-y
Gonzalez-Ramon, A.; Lopez-Chicano, M.; Rubio-Campos, J.C. , 2012, Piezometric and hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater circulation in complex karst aquifers. A case study: the mancha real-pegalajar aquifer (southern spain) , Environmental Earth Science , 1 - 15 http://www.springerlink.com/content/e663766236660170/, PDF