Seasonal assessment of nitrate, nitrite, and heavy metals pollution in groundwater of Ardabil Aquifer, Iran

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 2267-2276

  Rezaverdinejad, Vahid ^a   Rahimi, Mina ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Heavy metals; Kriging; Monitoring; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032296031     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/69943     Document Type: Article

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