Groundwater quality assessment in Oropos-Kalamos basin, Attica, Greece

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 973-988

  Stamatis, G ^a   Alexakis, D ^b   Gamvroula, D ^a   Migiros, G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Attica; Chromium speciation; Greece; Groundwater quality; Oropos; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ATTICA; CHROMIUM SPECIATION; GREECE; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; OROPOS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; GROUNDWATER; LITHOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; SODIUM; URANIUM; WATER QUALITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; DATA SET; DATABASE; DIAGRAM; DRINKING WATER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LITHOLOGY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SAMPLING; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER QUALITY;

ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 80053133305     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-0914-2     Document Type: Article

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