Effects of road-deicing salt (NaCl) and saline water on water quality in the Urmia area, northwest of Iran

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 565-570

  Aghazadeh, Nosrat ^a   Nojavan, Majid ^a   Mogaddam, Asghar Asghari ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chloride; Groundwater quality; Road salt; Saline water; Urmia

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; FREEZING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAKE WATER; MAINTENANCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SALT; SATURATION; SNOWMELT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACER; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE;

IRAN; ORUMIYEH; WEST AZERBAIJAN;

EID: 84864764133     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-010-0210-6     Document Type: Article

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