Assessment of water quality in the Messolonghi-Etoliko and Neochorio region (West Greece) using hydrochemical and statistical analysis methods

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 182, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 397-413

  Alexakis, Dimitris ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Geochemical modeling; Greece; Hydrochemistry; Messolonghi; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; GREECE; HYDROCHEMICALS; MESSOLONGHI; PIPER TRILINEAR DIAGRAM; RESIDUAL SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; STUDY AREAS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WATER SAMPLES;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BROMINE; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; FLUORINE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POTABLE WATER; RATING; SODIUM; SURFACE WATERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; BROMINE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; FLUORINE; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SODIUM; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GREECE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRECIPITATION; SEA SURFACE WATERS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; GREECE; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, STATISTICAL; WATER CYCLE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

GREECE;

EID: 80054755069     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-1884-2     Document Type: Article

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