Characterization of surface water and groundwater in the Damascus Ghotta basin: Hydrochemical and environmental isotopes approaches

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-201

  Kattan, Zuhair ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Damascus basin; Environmental isotopes; Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Hydrology; Syria

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPOSITION; IONS; ISOTOPES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SURFACE WATERS;

DAMASCUS BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; HYDROCHEMISTRY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION; ISOTOPE; RAINFALL; SALINITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SURFACE WATER;

ASIA; DAMASCUS; DIMASHQ [SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC]; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 33750232925     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0316-z     Document Type: Review

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