Groundwater quality and hydrochemical properties of Al-Ula Region, Saudi Arabia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-16

  Toumi, Naji ^a,b   Hussein, Belal H M ^a,c   Rafrafi, Sarra ^a   El kassas, Neama ^a,d  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Al Ula; Groundwater quality; Hydrochemistry; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ALKALINITY; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; LITHOLOGY; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; NEGATIVE IONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER QUALITY MONITORING; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ION EXCHANGE REACTIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; RESIDUAL SODIUM CARBONATE; SAUDI ARABIA; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ANION; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CATION; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CARBONATE; SULFATE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COUNTRY ROCK; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; ION EXCHANGE; LITHOLOGY; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESERT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVAPORATION; ION EXCHANGE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; ROCK; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WEATHERING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); WATER POLLUTANT;

AL ULA; MADINAH; SAUDI ARABIA;

ULA;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CARBONATES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRY; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84922236024     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-4241-4     Document Type: Article

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