Simulation of nitrate contamination in groundwater using artificial neural networks

Modeling Earth Systems and Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ehteshami, M ^a   Farahani, N Dolatabadi ^b   Tavassoli, S ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Modeling; Neural networks; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODELING; NITRATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BABOL; IRAN; MAZANDARAN;

EID: 85048716490     PISSN: 23636203     EISSN: 23636211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40808-016-0080-3     Document Type: Article

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