Hydrochemistry of the Natuf drainage basin in Ramallah area/West Bank

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 359-367

  Shalash, Ibrahim ^a   Ghanem, Marwan ^a  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Hydrochemical parameters; Natuf drainage basin; Water types; Western Aquifer Basin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY;

DRAINAGE BASIN; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ZACATECAS , MEXICO;

CATCHMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ALKALINITY; AQUIFER; BICARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORIDE; DOLOMITE; DRAINAGE BASIN; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LIMESTONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RECHARGE; SPRING WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; RAMALLAH; WEST BANK;

EID: 46249110306     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0981-6     Document Type: Article

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