Seawater intrusion and nitrate pollution in coastal aquifer of Almyros - Nea anchialos basin, central Greece

WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 211-222

  Christina, Gounari ^a   Konstantinos, Skordas ^a   Alexandros, Gounaris ^a   Dimitrios, Kosmidis ^a   Aikaterini, Karyoti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Groundwater; Irrigation; Salinisation; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CATION; COASTAL AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION; NITRATE; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINIZATION; URBANIZATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SOFTWARE;

ALMYROS BASIN; GREECE; MAGNESIA; THESSALY; ALMYROS;

EID: 84904036022     PISSN: 17905079     EISSN: 22243496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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