Groundwater quality assessment using the Water Quality Index and GIS in Saveh-Nobaran aquifer, Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3827-3843

  Sadat Noori, S M ^a   Ebrahimi, K ^a   Liaghat, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Groundwater resources; Kriging; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; POTABLE WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS; DRINKING AND IRRIGATIONS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT; KRIGING; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION MAP; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATIC REGION; GIS; GROUNDWATER; INORGANIC SALT; IRRIGATION; KRIGING; METAL; NATURAL RESOURCE; PH; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

IRAN;

EID: 84899414176     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2770-8     Document Type: Article

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