Potential contribution of geogenic chromium in groundwater contamination of a greek heavily industrialized area

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volumn 28, Issue , 2012, Pages 217-222

  Dermatas, Dimitris ^a   Vatseris, Christos ^b   Panagiotakis, Iraklis ^c   Chrysochoou, Maria ^d  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INTERGEO Environmental Technology Ltd   (Greece)

^c Enydron Environmental Protection Services   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; STUDY AREAS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84867214608     PISSN: 22839216     EISSN: 22839216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3303/CET1228037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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