Hydrochemical characteristics and groundwater quality assessment in Bushehr Province, SW Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 6265-6281

  Sarikhani, Ramin ^a   Ghassemi Dehnavi, Artimes ^a   Ahmadnejad, Zeinab ^b   Kalantari, Nasrollah ^c  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^c SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemical quality; Evaporate; Salinity; TDI

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLORIDE MINERALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RIVERS; SULFATE MINERALS; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL QUALITY; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; EVAPORATE; GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SALINITY; TDI;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED LOAD; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; HALITE; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER SYSTEM; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY;

BUSHEHR; IRAN;

EID: 84941169100     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4651-9     Document Type: Article

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