Alluvial aquifer recharge enhanced by a natural dam: Feasibility assessment based on multidisciplinary characterization (Khuzestan, Southwest Iran)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-61

  Kalantari, N ^a   Bestland, E ^b   Jalalvand, A ^a  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifer; Artificial recharge site; Iran; Kushkak; Natural barrier

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; ANNUAL RUNOFF; ANTICLINAL STRUCTURE; AQUIFER WATER; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; COARSE-GRAINED; COST BENEFIT RATIO; CURRENT RATE; EPHEMERAL STREAMS; FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT; HYDROCHEMICAL DATA; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; INFILTRATION CAPACITY; KHUZESTAN; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NATURAL DAM; SEMIARID AREA; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STREAM FLOW;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANTICLINE; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; CONGLOMERATE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAM; EPHEMERAL STREAM; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INFILTRATION; RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER STORAGE;

IRAN; KHUZESTAN;

EID: 77955157261     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0003-y     Document Type: Article

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