Sensitivity of hypersaline Arabian Gulf to seawater desalination plants

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2347-2354

  Smith, Ronald ^a   Purnama, Anton ^b   Al Barwani, H H ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Hypersaline; Seawater desalination

Indexed keywords

BRINES; EVAPORATION; EXTRACTION; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

ARABIAN GULF; HYPERSALINE;

DESALINATION;

BRINES; DESALINATION; EVAPORATION; EXTRACTION; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34247267057     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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