Groundwater quality of Yemen volcanic terrain and their geological and geochemical controls

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-205

  Al Mikhlafi, Ahmed Saif ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Health; Rural; Water quality; Yemen volcanic

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BOREHOLE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DISSOLVED LOAD; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; LITHOLOGY; MINERAL; NITRATE; SEWAGE; SOURCE ROCK; SULFATE; TERRANE; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EAST AFRICA; YEMEN;

EID: 77955090800     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-009-0068-7     Document Type: Article

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