Hydrochemical and isotopic investigation of a sandstone aquifer groundwater in a semi arid region, El Ma El Abiod, Algeria

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1699-1705

  Rouabhia, A ^a,c   Baali, F ^a   Fehdi, Ch ^a   Kherici, N ^b   Djabri, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEBESSA   (Algeria)

^b BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^c BP 34 A 12004 ^*  (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; Hydrogeochemistry; Isotopes; Sandstone; WATEQC

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; CHEMICAL DATA; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; HYDROCHEMICAL; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC INVESTIGATION; ISOTOPIC STUDY; MINERALIZED WATER; SANDSTONE AQUIFER; SEMI-ARID REGION; STABILITY DIAGRAM; STUDY AREAS; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS; WATEQC; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SANDSTONE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; RECHARGE; SANDSTONE; SEMIARID REGION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 67349149635     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1451-5     Document Type: Article

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