Evolution of groundwater salinity in the unconfined aquifer of Bou-Areg, Northeastern Mediterranean coast, Morocco

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 491-503

  El Mandour, A ^a,b   El Yaouti, F ^a   Fakir, Y ^b   Zarhloule, Y ^a   Benavente, J ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bou Areg; Groundwater salinity; Lagoon; Morocco; Nitrate pollution; Seawater intrusion; Unconfined aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GRAVEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; NITRATES; SALINE WATER; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SILT;

ANTHROPOGENIC PRODUCTS; GROUNDWATER SALINITY; NITRATE POLLUTION; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL LAGOON; FERTILIZER; GROUNDWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIOCENE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLIOCENE; SALINIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

AFRICA; BOU AREG PLAIN; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [MOROCCO]; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; ORIENTAL;

EID: 40149108934     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0842-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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