Groundwater pollution of the quaternary aquifer in northern United Arab Emirates

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 190, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 323-341

  Al Hogaraty, Eslam A ^a   Rizk, Zeinelabidin S ^a   Garamoon, Hassan K ^a  

^a AJMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Ajman City; Anthropogenic factors; Arid climatic; Groundwater pollution; Hydrochemical profiles; Point pollution source; Quaternary aquifer; Salt water intrusion; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; HYDROCHEMICAL PROFILES; POINT-POLLUTION SOURCE; QUATERNARY AQUIFER; SALT-WATER INTRUSION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CALCIUM ION; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE ION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; SEA WATER; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDFILL; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUATERNARY; RECHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SURVEY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; POTENTIOMETRY; SALINITY; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WATER HARDNESS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

AJMAN [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 42249099622     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9584-9     Document Type: Article

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