Factors affecting groundwater chemistry in regional arid basins of variable lithology: Example of Wadi Umairy, Oman

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2861-2870

  Abdalla, Osman ^a   Al Abri, Rashid bin Yahya ^a,b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

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

Author keywords

Arid areas; Evaporation; Factor analysis; Hydrochemistry; Oman; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ARID REGION; DISCHARGE; EVAPORATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

OMAN; WADI UMAIRY;

EID: 84902830064     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-013-0981-7     Document Type: Article

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