Investigation on nitrate concentrations in groundwater resources of marand plain and groundwater vulnerability assessment using Avi and gods methods

Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-66

  Fakhri, Mir Sajad ^a   Moghaddam, Asghar Asghari ^a   Najib, Morteza ^b   Barzegar, Rahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b East Azarbaijan Regional Water Organization   (Iran)

Author keywords

Groundwater contamination; Groundwater vulnerability; Marand plain; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954564661     PISSN: 10258620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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