Assessment of hydrochemical evolution of groundwater and its suitability for drinking and irrigation purposes in Al-Khazir Gomal Basin, Northern Iraq

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 6647-6663

  Jassas, Hussein ^a,b   Merkel, Broder ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b Iraq Geological Survey   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Al khazir Gomal; Cluster analysis; Factor analysis; Groundwater quality; Iraq; Suitability

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; FACE RECOGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; IRRIGATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DRINKING AND IRRIGATIONS; GROUNDWATER CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; IRAQ; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SUITABILITY; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

IRAQ; KHAZIR BASIN; NINAWA;

EID: 84943198652     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4664-4     Document Type: Article

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