Hydrochemical identification of groundwater resources and their changes under the impacts of human activity in the Chah basin in western Iran

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 347-364

  Jalali, Mohsen ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Groundwater; Iran; Pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ION EXCHANGE; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; HYDROCHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION; MINERAL WEATHERING;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM SULFATE; CHLORIDE ION; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; ION; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MINERALIZATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PREDICTION; SEWAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; IRAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAMADAN; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34249985330     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9402-7     Document Type: Article

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