Hydrogeochemical characteristics of central Jianghan Plain, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 765-778

  Zhou, Yu ^a,b   Wang, Yanxin ^a   Li, Yilian ^a   Zwahlen, François ^b   Boillat, Julie ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Jianghan Plain; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); NITRATES; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ION COMPOSITION MEASUREMENT; JIANGHAN PLAINS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

POTABLE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IONIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; PH; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; HUBEI; JIANGHAN PLAIN;

EID: 84872285700     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1778-9     Document Type: Article

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