Geochemical Characterization of Surface Water and Groundwater in Soummam Basin, Algeria

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 393-407

  Belkhiri, Lazhar ^a   Mouni, Lotfi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATNA   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOUIRA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; Inverse geochemical modeling; Multivariate statistical methods; Saturation indices; Soummam basin; Surface water and groundwater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912015842     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-014-9243-y     Document Type: Article

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