Assessing the impact of natural and anthropogenic activities on groundwater quality in coastal alluvial aquifers of the lower Liaohe River Plain, NE China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 142-158

  Qin, Ronggao ^a   Wu, Yanqing ^a   Xu, Zengguang ^b   Xie, Derrick ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; HOLOCENE TRANSGRESSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL AQUIFER; ENRICHMENT; EXTRACTION METHOD; GEOGENIC SOURCE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; LIAOHE DELTA; LIAOHE PLAIN; LIAONING;

EID: 84875087754     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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