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With the reference of interactive programs such as BALANCE NETPATH and PHREEQCI, for modelling net geochemical mass-balance reactions between an initial and final water along a hydrologic flow path, which also computes the mixing proportion of two initial waters and net geochemical reactions that can account for the observed composition of a final water, an interactive program of inverse model has been developed (MODELAGUA) that not only allows starting from well-known data of the chemical composition of the water and the rock to identify in a quantitative way the geochemical reactions that give origin to this composition, but also allow an analysis of mixture of waters and net geochemical reactions that can account for the observed composition of a final water, making use of a natural tracer whose geochemical behavior allows them to be used as conservative ions. In this work MODELAGUA is presented, as an interactive program of inverse model mass-balance and an example of its application.
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González, P. et al. (2013). “MODELAGUA”: An Interactive Program of Inverse Mass-Balance Model for Geochemical Study: An Example of its Application in Aguascalientes, Mexico. In: Farfán González, H., Corvea Porras, J., de Bustamente Gutiérrez, I., LaMoreaux, J. (eds) Management of Water Resources in Protected Areas. Environmental Earth Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16330-2_27
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