Petroleum pollution and evolution of water quality in the Malian River Basin of the Longdong Loess Plateau, Northwestern China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1769-1782

  Ma, Jinzhu ^a   Pan, Feng ^a   He, Jiahua ^a   Chen, Lihua ^a,b   Fu, Sujing ^a   Jia, Bing ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH MINZU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Loess plateau; Petroleum pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC SEWAGE; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; LOESS PLATEAU; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; OIL INDUSTRIES; PETROLEUM CONTAMINATION; PHREATIC; RIVER BASINS; STUDY AREAS;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LANDFORMS; OIL FIELDS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OIL SPILL; PETROLEUM; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

MALIA;

EID: 84864083303     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1399-8     Document Type: Article

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