Recharge and contamination sources of shallow and deep groundwater of pleistocene aquifer in El-Sadat industrial city: Isotope and hydrochemical approaches

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 751-768

  Ahmed, M A ^a   Samie, S G Abdel ^a   El Maghrabi, H M ^b  

^a HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

^b EGYPTIAN PETROLEUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

El Sadat City; Environmental isotopes; Heavy metals; Hydrochemistry; Industrial wastes; Oxidation ponds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AQUIFERS; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEAVY METALS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; ISOTOPES; LAKES; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; EL-SADAT CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; GROUNDWATER ALTERATION; GROUNDWATER SALINITIES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; OXIDATION PONDS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; PLEISTOCENE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RECHARGE; RESIDENCE TIME; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BEHEIRA; EGYPT; SADAT CITY;

EID: 79251596167     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0563-x     Document Type: Article

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