Hydrochemical processes in the lower Jordan valley and in the Dead Sea area

Chemical Geology

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 27-49

  Moller P ^a   Rosenthal, E ^b   Geyer, S ^c   Guttman, J ^d   Dulski, P ^a   Rybakov, M ^e   Zilberbrand, M ^f   Jahnke, C ^g   Flexer, A ^b  

^a GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d Mekorot Israel National Water COLTD   (Israel)

^e GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^f Hydrological Service of Israel   (Israel)

^g BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Magnetic anomaly; Rare earth elements; Salinisation; Spider patterns; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECHARGE; SALINIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; JORDAN VALLEY; MIDDLE EAST;

ARANEAE;

EID: 33847764102     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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