The hydrochemical evolution of brackish groundwater in central and northern Sinai (Egypt) and in the western Negev (Israel)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 337, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 294-314

  Rosenthal, E ^a,b   Zilberbrand, M ^b   Livshitz, Y ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Hydrological Service of Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hydrochemical modeling; Negev (Israel); Neogene erosional channels; Paleowater; Trans boundary groundwater resource Sinai (Egypt)

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HYDROCHEMICAL MODELING; NEOGENE EROSIONAL CHANNELS; PALEOWATER;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AQUIFER; BRACKISH WATER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRETACEOUS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; JURASSIC; MESSINIAN; NEOGENE; PALEOSALINITY; PLEISTOCENE; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION; TRANSGRESSION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EGYPT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 34047257047     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.01.042     Document Type: Article

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