Hydrochemistry of a complex volcano-sedimentary aquifer using major ions and environmental isotopes data: Dalha basalts aquifer, southwest of Republic of Djibouti

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3335-3349

  Aboubaker, Mohamed ^a   Jalludin, Mohamed ^b   Razack, Moumtaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b ISERST   (Djibouti)

Author keywords

Dalha basalts; Dikhil; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Hydrochemistry; Principal components analysis; Stable isotopes; Volcanic aquifer

Indexed keywords

DIKHIL; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPES; VOLCANIC AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; BASALT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLVENTS; VOLCANOES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ALLUVIAL FAN; AQUIFER; ARID REGION; BASALT; DATA SET; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HALITE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STABLE ISOTOPE; VOLCANO; WATER DEMAND;

DALHA BASALTS AQUIFER; DJIBOUTI [EAST AFRICA];

EID: 84888070458     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2398-8     Document Type: Article

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