Factors Governing Groundwater Chemistry in Paleozoic Sedimentary Aquifers in an Arid Environment: A Case Study from Hail Province in Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1977-1985

  Zaidi, Faisal K ^a   Kassem, Osama M K ^a   Al Bassam, Abdulaziz M ^a   Al Humidan, Saad ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbonate weathering; Hail Province; Reverse ion exchange; Rock water interaction; Saq aquifer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930958789     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-014-1534-4     Document Type: Article

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