Source of salinity in the groundwater of Lenjanat Plain, Isfahan, Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 413-427

  Nassery, Hamid Reza ^a   Kayhomayoon, Zahra ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Groundwater salinity; Lenjanat Plain; Mass ratios; Non isotopic geochemistry

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DEPOSITS; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPES; SEWAGE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GROUNDWATER SALINITIES; ISOTOPIC GEOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LENJANAT PLAIN; MAJOR AND MINOR ELEMENTS; MASS RATIO; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DATA SET; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GYPSUM; HALITE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SALINITY; SATURATION; SEWAGE;

ESFAHAN [ESFAHAN (PRV)]; ESFAHAN [IRAN]; IRAN;

EID: 84872032529     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1746-4     Document Type: Article

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