Hydrogeochemical assessment of groundwater in Isfahan province, Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-120

  Esmaeili, Ali ^a   Moore, Farid ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Hydrochemistry; Isfahan province; Mann Whitney U test; Saturation index

Indexed keywords

ALKALI ELEMENTS; ALKALINE EARTH; ANION COMPOSITION; CATCHMENT AREA; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; ION COMPOSITION; ISFAHAN; MAIN PROCESS; MAJOR IONS; MANN-WHITNEY U TEST; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SALT LAKES; SATURATION INDEX; STRONG ACIDS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WEAK ACIDS;

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CATCHMENTS; CHLORINE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IONS; LAKES; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL TESTS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

ALKALI METAL; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED LOAD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INORGANIC SALT; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PIEZOMETER;

ESFAHAN [ESFAHAN (PRV)]; ESFAHAN [IRAN]; IRAN; KAROON BASIN; KHUZESTAN;

EID: 84865770189     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1484-z     Document Type: Article

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