Chemical and isotopic composition of rainwater in coastal and highland regions in lebanon

Journal of Environmental Hydrology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-11

  Saad, Zeinab ^a,b,c   Kazpard, Véronique ^a,b   El Samrani, Antoine G ^b   Slim, Kamal ^a,b  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission   (Lebanon)

^c NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 29144456059     PISSN: 10583912     EISSN: 10583912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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