Observation of excess heavy metal concentrations in water resources to infer surface water influences on shallow groundwater: a typical example of the Porsuk River (Eskisehir-Turkey)

Water Resources

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 184-199

  Alptekin, Candan ^a   Yuce, Galip ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

arsenic; groundwater; heavy metal; pollution; Porsuk River

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955590823     PISSN: 00978078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0097807816120022     Document Type: Article

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