Chemical Characteristics and Quality Assessment of Groundwater of Exploited Aquifers in Beijiao Water Source of Yinchuan, China: A Case Study for Drinking, Irrigation, and Industrial Purposes

Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wu, Hao ^a,b   Chen, Jie ^a,b   Qian, Hui ^a,b   Zhang, Xuedi ^a,b  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

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EID: 84934326215     PISSN: 20909063     EISSN: 20909071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/726340     Document Type: Article

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