Identification of hydrogeochemical processes and pollution sources of groundwater resources in the Marand plain, northwest of Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Barzegar, Rahim ^a   Moghaddam, Asghar Asghari ^a   Tziritis, Evangelos ^b   Fakhri, Mir Sajjad ^a   Soltani, Shahla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hydrogeochemistry; Marand plain; Multivariate statistical analysis; NW Iran; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; ELECTRON EMISSION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IONS; MANGANESE; METAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEATHERING;

HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; MARAND PLAIN; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; NW IRAN; TRACE METAL;

ION EXCHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DISSOLUTION; GEOGENIC SOURCE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TRACE METAL; WATER QUALITY;

IRAN;

EID: 85017205324     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-017-6612-y     Document Type: Article

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