Processes of water-rock interaction in the Turonian aquifer of Oum Er-Rabia Basin, Morocco

Environmental Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 293-299

  Ettazarini, Said ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Geochemical processes; Geochemistry; Limestone; Morocco; Oum Er Rabia; Saturation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATES; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; LIMESTONE; ROCKS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; MOROCCO; OUM ER-RABIA; SPECIATION;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; OUM ER RBIA BASIN; WORLD;

PIPER (PEPPER); PIPERACEAE;

EID: 28344456097     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0088-x     Document Type: Article

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