The effectiveness of artificial recharge in combating seawater intrusion in Salalah coastal aquifer, Oman

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 191-204

  Shammas, Mahaad I ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artificial recharge; Injection bores; Salalah coastal aquifer; Treated municipal sewage and salinity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; COASTAL AQUIFERS; SEA WATER INTRUSION;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; BOREHOLE; CHLORINATION; COASTAL AQUIFER; EFFLUENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RECHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; SHORELINE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; SALALAH; ZUFAR;

EID: 44949253978     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0975-4     Document Type: Article

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