Quantifying ground water inputs along the Lower Jordan River

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 897-906

  Holtzman, Ran ^a   Shavit, Uri ^a   Segal Rozenhaimer, Michal ^a   Gavrieli, Ittai ^b   Marei, Amer ^c   Farber, Efrat ^d   Vengosh, Avner ^d  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DROUGHT; DRYING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; RIVERS;

FLOW RATES; RIVER DISCHARGE; SHALLOW GROUND WATER SYSTEMS; WATER SAMPLINGS;

GROUNDWATER;

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DROUGHT; FLOW RATE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; RIVER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MIDDLE EAST; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; DRYING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUND WATER; RIVERS;

EID: 18744365512     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0244     Document Type: Article

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