Chloride, hydrochemical and isotope methods of groundwater recharge estimation in eastern Mediterranean areas: A case study in Jordan

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2112-2123

  Zagana, Ele ^a   Obeidat, M ^b   Kuells, Ch ^c   Udluft, P ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloride method; Groundwater recharge; Hydrochemistry; Isotopes; Jordan

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHLORIDE MINERALS; ISOTOPES; SOILS;

DESERT SOIL; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; METEORIC WATER LINE;

GROUNDWATER;

AQUIFERS; CHLORIDE MINERALS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; SOILS;

AQUIFER; CHLORIDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; RECHARGE; TRITIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAMMAD BASIN; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34547743212     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6390     Document Type: Article

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