Groundwater quality assessment and its suitability in Çeltikçi plain (Burdur/Turkey)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1167-1190

  Davraz, Ayşen ^a   Özdemir, Arkin ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

eltik i plain; Groundwater quality; Hydrogeochemical processes; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; POTABLE WATER; PROCESS CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

GEOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENTS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; RESIDUAL SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; TURKEY;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84905184912     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-3036-1     Document Type: Article

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