The geochemistry of groundwater resources in the Jordan Valley: The impact of the Rift Valley brines

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 494-514

  Farber, Efrat ^a   Vengosh, Avner ^a   Gavrieli, Ittai ^b   Marie, Amer ^c   Bullen, Thomas D ^d   Mayer, Bernhard ^e   Polak, Amir ^f   Shavit, Uri ^f  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GYPSUM; RIVERS; SALTS; WATER QUALITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFLUENTS; GEOCHEMICAL TOOLS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

BRINE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MIXING; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JORDAN RIVER; JORDAN VALLEY; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

EID: 33847302941     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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