Spatial variability of groundwater quality and its suitability for drinking and irrigation in the Amik Plain (South Turkey)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4115-4130

  Ağca, Necat ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amik plain; Geostatistics; Groundwater quality; Spatial distribution of groundwater properties

Indexed keywords

INFILL DRILLING; IRRIGATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; QUALITY CONTROL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY; WELL DRILLING;

AMIK PLAIN; DRINKING AND IRRIGATIONS; GEO-STATISTICS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 84920249916     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3305-7     Document Type: Article

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