Characterising the main karst aquifers of the Alvand basin, northwest of Zagros, Iran, by a hydrogeochemical approach

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 787-799

  Karimi, Haji ^a   Raeisi, Ezatollah ^a   Bakalowicz, Michel ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental isotopes; Hydrochemistry; Iran; Karst aquifer; Multivariate analysis; PCA; Zagros

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CARBONATE ROCK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; KARST HYDROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPRING WATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 29444443325     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-004-0350-4     Document Type: Article

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