Groundwater quality for irrigation of deep aquifer in southwestern zone of Bangladesh

Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 345-352

  Tanvir Rahman, Mirza A T M ^a   Rahman, Syed Hafizur ^a   Majumder, Ratan Kumar ^b  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Deep tubewell; Irrigation water quality; Salinity; SAR; Satkhira

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863944311     PISSN: 01253395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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