Integrated Geostatistics and GIS techniques for assessing groundwater contamination in Al Arish area, Sinai, Egypt

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-215

  El Alfy, Mohamed ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Geostatistics; GIS; Groundwater contamination; Nitrate; Sinai; Trace metal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875971190     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-010-0153-y     Document Type: Article

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