Salinity problem of groundwater in the Wadi Tharad Basin, Saudi Arabia

GeoJournal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 291-297

  Alyamani, Mahmoud S ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Evaporites; Hydrogeological controls; Shallow aquifers

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; SALINITY;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0033505727     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007026620591     Document Type: Article

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