Characterization of hydrogeologic properties of the Tabriz plain multilayer aquifer system, NW Iran

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1-17

  Barzegar, Rahim ^a   Asghari Moghaddam, Asghar ^a   Najib, Mortaza ^b   Kazemian, Naeimeh ^c   Adamowski, Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b East Azarbaijan Central Laboratory   (Iran)

^c East Azarbaijan Province Water and Waste Water Company   (Iran)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrochemistry; Hydrogeology; Iran; Multilayer aquifer; Tabriz plain

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONFINED AQUIFER; FIELD SURVEY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER QUALITY;

AJI-CHAY RIVER [IRAN]; EAST AZERBAIJAN; IRAN; TABRIZ;

CAPSICUM BACCATUM VAR. PENDULUM;

EID: 84959107819     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-015-2229-1     Document Type: Article

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