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Evaluation of heavy metal contamination and pollution indices through geostatistical methods in groundwater in Bafra Plain, Turkey
Groundwaters are continuously polluted by various factors, including industry, excessive fertilizer, and pesticide use. In this study, ten heavy...
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Comparative analysis of machine learning techniques for estimating groundwater deuterium and oxygen-18 isotopes
Isotope techniques are most frequently used when hydrochemical analysis are insufficient to determine the origin and quality of groundwater and...
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Statistical assessment of seasonal variation of groundwater quality in Çarşamba coastal plain, Samsun (Turkey)
Çarşamba aquifer is one of the most important coastal aquifers in Turkey. This aquifer is confronted by overexploitation due to the agricultural and...
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Environmental Issues and Sustainable Development in North Cyprus
Cyprus is an island in Mediterranean Sea and expected to be influenced by the climate change to a great extent. In the northern part of Cyprus, three...
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Health risk assessment due to heavy metal contamination in groundwater of Basuhi River Basin, Jaunpur, India
Groundwater in river basins serves as a prime source of freshwater for human consumption and agricultural needs. Effluent discharge from municipal,...
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Assessment of water quality, trace metal pollution, source apportionment and health risks in the groundwater of Chakwal, Pakistan
Groundwater quality evaluation is the main concern in the regions like Chakwal where it is major source of water for drinking and irrigation due to...
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GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis for settlement areas: a case study in Canik
In addition to global population growth due to migration from rural areas to urban areas, population density is constantly increasing in certain...
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Application of geostatistical models to identify spatial distribution of groundwater quality parameters
Groundwater quality management is a priority in arid and semi-arid zones where water is scarce. Leachate from open dum** of municipal solid wastes...
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Estimation and uncertainty analysis of groundwater quality parameters in a coastal aquifer under seawater intrusion: a comparative study of deep learning and classic machine learning methods
Excessive withdrawal of groundwater for agricultural irrigation can cause seawater intrusion into coastal aquifers. Such a case will in turn results...
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Management of Saltwater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers: An Overview of Recent Advances
The demand for freshwater is very high in the coastal regions due to the high population density in coastal areas. To meet this demand for...
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Vertisols
Vertisols are defined as “heavy clay soils with a high proportion of swelling clays. These soils form deep wide cracks from the surface downward when...
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Fluvisols
FluvisolsFluvisols correlate with FluventsFluvents and Fluvaquents of the USDA Soil TaxonomySoil Taxonomy (Soil Survey Staff in Keys to Soil...
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Assessment of Hydro-chemical Processes Inducing the Groundwater Salinisation in Coastal Regions: Case Study of the Salalah Plain, Sultanate of Oman
Salalah plain aquifer, located in the southeast of Sultanate Oman, has been extensively used for agricultural, industrial and municipal purposes...
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Gleysols
A Gleysol according to the IUSS Working Group WRB (2015) is a wetlandWetland soil that, unless drained, is saturated with groundwater for sufficient...
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Solonchaks and Solonchak-Like Soils
Solonchaks are described as soils with a Salic horizon starting within ≤50 cm from the soil surface, and should not have a Thionic horizon starting...
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Arenosols
The Reference Soil Group of the ArenosolsArenosols consists of sandy soils. These are the soils developed from residual sands, in situ formed after...
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Pedogeomorphology
This chapter is the attempt to discuss the pedogeomorphology of Turkey in the contexts of geology and topography/geomorphic units related to the...
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Expansive Soils
Soils that contain a large amount of clay – at least more than 30 percent, a large proportion of fine clay in the clay fraction, and the clay...
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Effect of gypsum on exchangeable sodium percentage and electrical conductivity in the Daeho reclaimed tidal land soil in Korea—a field scale study
PurposeA reclaimed tidal land along the shore has poor soil properties such as high exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP), and electrical conductivity...
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Similarity analysis of soils formed on limestone/marl-alluvial parent material and different topography using some physical and chemical properties via cluster and multidimensional scaling methods
The aim of this study is to analyze the similarity of soils formed on limestone/marl alluvial parent material and different topography using some...
