Elucidating the sources and mechanisms of groundwater salinization in the Ziz Basin of southeastern Morocco

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 77-93

  Lgourna, Zineb ^a   Warner, Nathaniel ^b,c   Bouchaou, Lhoussaine ^a   Boutaleb, Said ^a   Hssaisoune, Mohammed ^a   Tagma, Tarik ^d   Ettayfi, Najat ^a   Vengosh, Avner ^b  

^a IBN ZOHR UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d HASSAN 1ST UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Arid area; Geochemistry; Groundwater quality; Isotopes; Salinity; Ziz Basin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; POTABLE WATER; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVERS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; ARID AREA; CARBONATE FORMATIONS; DRINKING AND IRRIGATIONS; GROUNDWATER SALINIZATIONS; SALINITY; ZIZ BASIN;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84920709587     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3396-1     Document Type: Article

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