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An Excel Macro to Plot the HFE ‐Diagram to Identify Sea Water Intrusion Phases
Author(s) -
GiménezForcada Elena,
Sánchez San Román F. Javier
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/gwat.12280
Subject(s) - groundwater recharge , plot (graphics) , chart , seawater intrusion , diagram , microsoft excel , intrusion , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , groundwater , seawater , geochemistry , database , computer science , aquifer , geotechnical engineering , oceanography , operating system , mathematics , statistics
A hydrochemical facies evolution diagram ( HFE‐D ) is a multirectangular diagram, which is a useful tool in the interpretation of sea water intrusion processes. This method note describes a simple method for generating an HFE ‐D plot using the spreadsheet software package, Microsoft Excel. The code was applied to groundwater from the alluvial coastal plain of Grosseto (Tuscany, Italy), which is characterized by a complex salinization process in which sea water mixes with sulfate or bicarbonate recharge water.