Environmental isotope study of seawater intrusion in the coastal aquifer (Syria)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1329-1339

  Abou Zakhem, Boulos ^a   Hafez, Rania ^a  

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

Author keywords

Environmental isotope; Mediterranean; Mixing ratio; Seawater intrusion; Syria; Transit time

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; RAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; MEDITERRANEAN; MIXING RATIO; SYRIA; TRANSIT TIME;

SALT WATER INTRUSION;

COASTAL AQUIFER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EQUILIBRIUM; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIXING RATIO; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL; TRITIUM; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; LATAKIA BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TARTUS;

EID: 33846997935     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0431-x     Document Type: Article

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