Assessment of groundwater quality for irrigation purposes and identification of hydrogeochemical evolution mechanisms in Pengyang County, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2211-2225

  Li, Peiyue ^a,b   Wu, Jianhua ^a,b   Qian, Hui ^a,b  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural irrigation; Groundwater evolution; Groundwater quality; Groundwater suitability; Ion exchange

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

ALKALINITY; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION; SILICATE MINERALS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

GROUNDWATER;

ALKALINITY; CALCITE; FLUORITE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; GYPSUM; HALITE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU; PENGYANG;

EID: 84880507198     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2049-5     Document Type: Article

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