Spatial variability of groundwater quality and its relationship with pistachio yield in Anar region, Iran

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 3697-3702

  Hosseinifard, J ^a   Salehi, M H ^b   Esfandiarpour, I ^c   Mohammadi, J ^b  

^a Iranian Pistachio Research Institute   (Iran)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c VALI E ASR UNIVERSITY OF RAFSANJAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Groundwater; Kriging maps; Sodium adsorption ratio

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; HIGH QUALITY WATER; KRIGING; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

CALCIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HARDNESS; INTERPOLATION; SODIUM; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 67650082458     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2008.3697.3702     Document Type: Article

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