Hydrogeochemical evolution of groundwater in a Mediterranean coastal aquifer, Mersin-Erdemli basin (Turkey)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 477-487

  Demirel, Zeynel ^a   Güler, Cüneyt ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Coastal aquifer; Mersin; Principal components analysis; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; AQUIFERS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROCKS; SILICATES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL AQUIFERS; MERSIN; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

GROUNDWATER;

COASTAL AQUIFER; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; WEATHERING;

EID: 29344468731     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0114-z     Document Type: Article

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