Lake Kinneret (The Sea of Galilee): The effects of diversion of external salinity sources and the probable chemical composition of the internal salinity sources

Chemical Geology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 37-52

  Nishri, A ^a   Stiller, M ^b   Rimmer, A ^c   Geifman, Y ^c   Krom, M ^d  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c Mekorot Israel National Water COLTD   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lakes; Major element geochemistry; Mass balance; Saline springs; Salinity

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; INLAND SEA; MASS BALANCE; SALINITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ISRAEL; JORDAN;

EID: 0033519543     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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