Groundwater quality assessment of Labuan Island

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4441-4449

  Moayedi, Hossein ^a   Huat, Bujang B K ^a   Asadi, Afshin ^a   Kazemian, Sina ^b   Ahmad, Thamer ^a   Ali, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater quality; Labuan island; Monitoring wells; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053017648     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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