Anthropogenic impact assessment of niangziguan karst water

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 495-510

  Gao, Xubo ^a   Wang, Yanxin ^a   Ma, Teng ^a   Hu, Qinhong ^b   Xing, Xingli ^a   Yu, Qian ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Pollution; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; CHEMICAL VARIATIONS; COAL MINING; COAL PRODUCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; KARST GROUNDWATER; KARST WATER; MINING WASTEWATER; NORTHERN CHINA; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; SEWAGE DISCHARGES; SPRING SYSTEM; STUDY AREAS;

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFORMS; SEWAGE; SODIUM; SPRINGS (WATER); WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; KARST; NITRATE; SPRING WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; NIANGZIGUAN SPRING; SHANXI;

EID: 80054833502     PISSN: 17417589     EISSN: 17517729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wama.1000070     Document Type: Article

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