Impact of intense exploitation on the groundwater balance and flow within Mullusi aquifer (arid zone, west Iraq)

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2461-2482

  Hussien, Bayan Muhie ^a   Fayyadh, Abed Salih ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANBAR   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Groundwater balance; Groundwater flow; Hydrogeology; Intense exploitation; Wells; West Iraq

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEUTERIUM; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RECHARGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRITIUM; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEPTH; WATER SUPPLY; WATER YIELD; WELL WATER;

ANBAR; IRAQ; MULLUSI AQUIFER;

EID: 84879273200     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0513-2     Document Type: Article

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