Spatio-temporal characterization of the Pliocene aquifer conditions in Wadi El-Natrun area, Egypt

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1361-1374

  Masoud, Alaa A ^a   Atwia, Mohamed G ^a  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Egypt; GIS; Hydrochemistry; Hydrodynamics; Remote sensing; Wadi El Natrun

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; AQUIFER CONDITIONS; CHANGE DETECTION; DISSOLUTION PROCESS; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; EGYPT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GIS; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS; HIGH SALINITY; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; IONIC COMPOSITION; KEY TRENDS; LAND COVER; LANDSAT TM; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; MONITORING AND ANALYSIS; NATURAL SURFACE; PLIOCENE; REFERENCE DATA; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY CONTROL; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WADI EL-NATRUN; WATER TYPES;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IRRIGATION; LAND RECLAMATION; LEACHING; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER LEVELS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; DATA SET; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW PATTERN; GIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; IRRIGATION; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PH; PLIOCENE; REMOTE SENSING; SALINIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION; WATER LEVEL;

BEHEIRA; EGYPT; WADI EL NATRUN;

EID: 79952484856     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0623-2     Document Type: Article

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