Use of hydrochemistry and environmental isotopes to evaluate water quality, Litani river, Lebanon

Journal of Environmental Hydrology

Volumn 14, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-11

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

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

^c HOLY SPIRIT UNIVERSITY OF KASLIK USEK   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; BEKAA VALLEY; BEQAA; EURASIA; LEBANON; LITANI RIVER; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33750722801     PISSN: 10583912     EISSN: 10583912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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