Evaluation of groundwater chemistry and its suitability for drinking and agricultural uses in the Lenjanat plain, central Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 6163-6176

  Amiri, Vahab ^a   Sohrabi, Nasim ^b   Dadgar, Majid Altafi ^a  

^a KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Hydrochemistry; Lenjanat plain; Suitability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CALCITE; CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GYPSUM; ION EXCHANGE; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

AGRICULTURAL PURPOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMICAL FACIES; LENJANAT PLAIN; SUITABILITY; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AGRICULTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAGRAM; DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; ENTROPY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

IRAN;

EID: 84941192111     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4638-6     Document Type: Article

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