Seawater intrusion in the Salalah plain aquifer, Oman

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 575-587

  Shammas, M I ^a   Jacks, G ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Oman; Over pumping; Reclaimed water and artificial recharge; Saltwater intrusion; Septic tanks

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RAIN; SEPTIC TANKS; WATER TREATMENT;

OVER-PUMPING; RECLAIMED WATER AND ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; SALTWATER INTRUSION;

SEAWATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUIFER; COASTAL ZONE; DRINKING WATER; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SALINE INTRUSION; SEAWATER; SIMULATION;

ASIA; CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRASMERE; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; SALALAH; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; ZUFAR;

EID: 35649028885     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0673-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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