Saline groundwater in the Canary Islands (Spain) resulting from aridity
Custodio, E. (1990). Saline groundwater in the Canary Islands (Spain) resulting from aridity, in: Paepe, R. et al. Greenhouse Effect, Sea Level and Drought. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Geohydrological Management of Sea Level and Mitigation of Drought, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Spain), March 1-7, 1989. NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 325: pp. 593-618. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0701-0_37 In: Paepe, R. et al. (Ed.) (1990). Greenhouse Effect, Sea Level and Drought. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Geohydrological Management of Sea Level and Mitigation of Drought, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Spain), March 1-7, 1989. Digitized reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1990. NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 325. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht. ISBN 978-94-009-0701-0. xix, 718 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0701-0, more In: NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences. D. Reidel: Dordrecht; Boston; Lancaster. ISSN 0258-2023, more |
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| Abstract | Groundwater recharge in arid lands is only a very small fraction of rainfall, its salinity is high due to the concentration of rain-contributed and airborne salts by evapotranspiration in the upper layer of the ground. This is enhanced in windy coastal areas and islands due to the important contribution of airborne marine salts. There brackish to salty groundwater is commonly found. Examples from the Canary Islands are presented and discussed, and possible explanations are outlined. Local solutions for water supply are briefly presented. |
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