Groundwater hydrogeochemistry of Trikala municipality, central Greece

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-94

  Skordas, Konstantinos ^a   Papastergios, Georgios ^b   Tziantziou, Lamprini ^a   Neofitou, Nikolaos ^a   Neofitou, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Environment; Greece; Hydrogeochemistry; Trikala; Water directive

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; AVERAGE VALUES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN COUNCIL; FRESH WATER; GREECE; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR IONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS; RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH; SAMPLING PERIOD; SPECIFIC ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SURROUNDING ROCK; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TRIKALA;

BARIUM; BROMINE; CERIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; SCANDIUM; STRONTIUM; TIN; WATER QUALITY;

CHLORINE;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; BICARBONATE; BORON; CALCIUM ION; CERIUM; CHLORIDE ION; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; IRON; LANTHANUM; LEAD; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NEODYMIUM; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM ION; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; SILICON; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; SULFUR; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLUID INTAKE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREECE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NITRATE LEACHING; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; GROUNDWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

GREECE; THESSALY; TRIKALA;

EID: 84871958694     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2535-y     Document Type: Article

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