Extenuation of saline solutes in shallow aquifer of a small tropical island: A case study of Manukan Island, North Borneo

EnvironmentAsia

Volumn 3, Issue SPECIAL ISSUE, 2010, Pages 84-92

  Aris, Ahmad Zaharin ^a   Abdullah, Mohd Harun ^b   Praveena, Sarva Mangala ^b   Yusoff, Mohd Kamil ^a   Juahir, Hafizan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hydrochemistry; PHREEQC; Small island; Solutes transport

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOACCUMULATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SALINE INTRUSION; SHALLOW WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SUPERSATURATION;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; MANUKAN ISLAND; SABAH;

EID: 76849109523     PISSN: 19061714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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