Evaluation of groundwater in a three-aquifer system in Ramtha area, Jordan: Recharge mechanisms, hydraulic relationship and geochemical evolution

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1193-1205

  Bajjali, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Jordan; Paleohydrology; Recharge altitude; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARTESIAN WELL; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RECHARGE; RESOURCE DEPLETION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRBID [JORDAN]; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; RAMTHA;

EID: 51349130566     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0284-3     Document Type: Article

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