Groundwater quality degradation of urban areas (case study: Tehran city, Iran)

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 293-302

  Nasrabadi, T ^a   Abbasi Maedeh, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Intrusion; Irrigation; Salinity; Tehran city; Urban groundwater

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; SOLVENTS; WATER QUALITY;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; GROUNDWATER QUALITY DEGRADATION; INTRUSION; SALINE WATER INTRUSION; SALINITY; TEHRAN CITY; URBAN GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INORGANIC SALT; IRRIGATION; RUNOFF; SALINIZATION; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 84893635981     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-013-0340-y     Document Type: Article

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