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

• Published in: Environmental earth sciences Vol. 76; no. 7; pp. 1 - 297
• Main Authors: Barzegar, Rahim, Moghaddam, Asghar Asghari, Tziritis, Evangelos, Fakhri, Mir Sajjad, Soltani, Shahla
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: aluminum; anthropogenic activities; Anthropogenic factors; arsenic; bicarbonates; Biogeosciences; cadmium; calcium; chlorides; chromium; cluster analysis; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Environmental Science and Engineering; Factor analysis; fluorides; Geochemistry; Geology; Groundwater; hydrogeochemistry; Hydrology; Hydrology/Water Resources; Ion exchange; ions; Iran; iron; Lead; magnesium; manganese; minerals; multivariate analysis; nitrates; Original Article; pollution; Pollution sources; potassium; rocks; Salinization; sodium; Statistical analysis; sulfates; Terrestrial Pollution; Trace elements; Trace metals; variance; Water analysis; Water resources; Water sampling; weathering; Iran; Hydrogeochemistry; Marand plain; Multivariate statistical analysis; NW Iran; Trace metals

The main aims of the present study are to identify the major factors affecting hydrogeochemistry of groundwater resources in the Marand plain, NW Iran and to evaluate the potential sources of major and trace elements using multivariate statistical analysis such as hierarchical clustering analysis (H...