Hydrochemistry of an Albian sandstone aquifer in a semi arid region, Ain oussera, Algeria

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 689-701

  Maoui, Ammar ^a,b   Kherici, N ^a   Derradji, F ^a  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b NONE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Ain oussera; Algeria; Hydrochemistry; Sandstone; Thermodynamic

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ALGERIA; CHEMICAL DATA; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; DOMESTIC EFFLUENTS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDES; SANDSTONE AQUIFER; SEMI-ARID REGION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; STUDY AREAS; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MAGNESIUM; SANDSTONE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALBIAN; AQUIFER; CHLORIDE; EFFLUENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAGNESIUM; PIEZOMETER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SANDSTONE; SEMIARID REGION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

AIN OUSSERA; ALGERIA; DJELFA;

EID: 77954066716     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0207-1     Document Type: Article

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