Groundwater recharge dams in arid areas as tools for aquifer replenishment and mitigating seawater intrusion: Example of AlKhod, Oman

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1951-1962

  Abdalla, Osman A E ^a   Al Rawahi, Abdullah S ^b,c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Ministry of Regional Municipalities Environment and Water Resources Oman   (Oman)

^c Department of Water Resources Development ^*  (Oman)

Author keywords

Arid areas; Oman; Recharge dam; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

ARID AREA; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER DEPLETION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER SALINITIES; OMAN; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; DAMS; DESALINATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; REPLENISHMENT (WATER RESOURCES); RIVERS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; WATER FILTRATION;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; COASTAL AQUIFER; DESALINATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PIEZOMETER; RECHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; SEAWATER; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

AL KHOD DAM; MASQAT [OMAN]; OMAN;

EID: 84879785221     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2028-x     Document Type: Article

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