Influence of hydrogeochemical processes and assessment of suitability for groundwater uses in Busan City, Korea

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 423-441

  Chung, S Y ^a   Venkatramanan, S ^a   Kim, T H ^b   Kim, D S ^c   Ramkumar, T ^d  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b Division of Water Resources Pan Asia Water Company   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

^d ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Hydrogeochemical facies; Hydrogeochemical processes; Ion exchange; Saturation index; WQI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934280129     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-014-9552-7     Document Type: Article

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