The Red Sea and the Mediterranean-Dead Sea canal project

Desalination

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 365-371

  Beyth, Michael ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; Environment; Feasibility; Seawater desalination

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; DILUTION; POTABLE WATER; SEAWATER; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

LIMNOLOGY; SEAWATER DESALINATION; WATER MASS;

CANALS;

CANALS; DESALINATION; DILUTION; POTABLE WATER; SEAWATER; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CANAL; DESALINATION; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LIMNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PUMPING; SEAWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

AMMAN; ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; HEBRON; INDIAN OCEAN; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; WEST BANK;

EID: 34547404304     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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