Ground water origin and movement in the upper Yarmouk Basin, Northern Jordan

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1355-1365

  Abu Jaber, Nizar ^a   Kharabsheh, Alaa ^a  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Ground water; Isotopes; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DATA REDUCTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

HYDROCHEMICAL DATA; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC DATA;

CATCHMENTS;

AQUIFER; FAULT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LINEAMENT; RECHARGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; YARMOUK BASIN;

EID: 43549123076     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0917-1     Document Type: Article

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