Assessing groundwater quality of the shallow alluvial aquifer system in the Midyan Basin, northwestern Saudi Arabia

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-13

  Batayneh, A ^a   Laboun, A ^a   Qaisy, S ^a   Ghrefat, H ^a   Zumlot, T ^a   Zaman, H ^a   Elawadi, E ^a   Mogren, S ^a   Al Qudah, K ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arid climate; Groundwater quality; Major ions; Midyan Basin; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; ARID REGION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED LOAD; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HARDNESS; HYDROGEN; ION; SALINITY; SODIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

MIDYAN BASIN; SAUDI ARABIA; TABUK [SAUDI ARABIA];

EID: 84871370639     PISSN: 19859899     EISSN: 25360051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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