A dye-tracing test as an aid to studying karst development at an artesian limestone sub-aquifer: Zagros Zone, Iran

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 587-594

  Mohammadi, Zargham ^a   Raeisi, Ezzatollah ^a   Zare, Mohammad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artesian sub aquifer; Dye tracing; Iran; Karst development; Zagros zone

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DYES; FLOW VELOCITY; IRAN; LIMESTONE;

ARTESIAN SUB AQUIFER; DYE TRACING; KARST DEVELOPMENT; ZAGROS ZONE;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; ARTESIAN WELL; DAM; DYE TRACER; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; KARST; LIMESTONE; TESTING METHOD;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 33947540633     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0489-5     Document Type: Article

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