Gypsum saturation degrees and precipitation potentials from Dead Seaseawater mixtures

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 416-423

  Reznik, Itay J ^a,b   Ganor, Jiwchar ^a   Gal, Assaf ^a   Gavrieli, Ittai ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE; CALCIUM; CRYSTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GYPSUM; IONIC COMPOSITION; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SALINE INTRUSION; SATURATION; SULFATE; WATER COLUMN;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 71049191471     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN09038     Document Type: Article

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