Groundwater chemical characteristics in Kalamaria plain, Halkidiki peninsula, Greece

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 13, Issue 11 A, 2004, Pages 1158-1167

  Xefteris, Athanassios ^a   Anastasiadis, Panagiotis ^b   Latinopoulos, Pericles ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SERRES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Nitrate contamination

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NITRATE; WATER QUALITY;

CHALKIDIKI PENINSULA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11144246401     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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