Hydrogeochemical analysis for Tasuj plain aquifer, Iran

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1091-1105

  Nadiri, Ata Allah ^a,b   Asghari Moghaddam, Asghar ^a   Tsai, Frank T C ^b   Fijani, Elham ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphical method; Hydrogeochemistry; Multivariate statistics analysis; Tasuj plain aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FERTILIZER; GRAPHICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECHARGE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

IRAN; LAKE URMIA;

EID: 84884937680     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-013-0329-4     Document Type: Article

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