Structural control of groundwater flow regimes and groundwater chemistry along the lower reaches of the Zerka River, West Jordan, using remote sensing, GIS, and field methods

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1797-1810

  Odeh, Taleb ^a   Salameh, Elias ^b   Schirmer, Mario ^c   Strauch, Gerhard ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Groundwater flow regime; Hydrochemistry; Remote sensing; Structural setting; Zerka River

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH; ANTICLINAL STRUCTURE; DRAINAGE BASIN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIELD METHODS; GENETIC GROUPS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; RETENTION TIME; SPRING DISCHARGES; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL SETTING; SUB-CATCHMENT; ZERKA RIVER;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER CONTROL; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTICLINE; AQUIFER; BICARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE BASIN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; ZARQA BASIN;

EID: 70350223600     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1678-1     Document Type: Article

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