Mapping hotspots of underground water quality based on the variation of chemical concentration in Amman, Zarqa and Balqa regions, Jordan

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2309-2317

  Alqadi, Khaled A ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a   Khormi, Hassan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Conductivity; GIS; Groundwater; Hotspots; Jordan; Nitrate; pH

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893828213     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2632-4     Document Type: Article

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