A new look at the chemical and hydrological evolution of the Dead Sea

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1471-1479

  Abu Jaber, Nizar S ^a  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; SALT LAKE;

MIDDLE EAST, DEAD SEA;

EID: 0032076425     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00083-0     Document Type: Article

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