Salinity sources of Kefar Uriya wells in the Judea Group aquifer of Israel. Part 1 - Conceptual hydrogeological model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 27-38

  Avisar, D ^a   Rosenthal, E ^a   Flexer, A ^a   Shulman, H ^a   Ben Avraham, Z ^a   Guttman, J ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Mekorot Israel National Water COLTD   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aqueous leachates of rocks; Percolation through chimney like systems; Salinization by deep brines; Sources of groundwater salinity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; SALINE WATER; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELS;

HYDROLOGY;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; PERCOLATION; SALINIZATION;

ISRAEL;

SCOPUS;

EID: 0037428025     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00216-0     Document Type: Article

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