Groundwater beneath the urban area of Khan Younis City, southern Gaza Strip (Palestine): Hydrochemistry and water quality

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2203-2215

  Jabal, Mohd S Abu ^a   Abustan, Ismail ^a   Rozaimy, Mohd Remy ^a   El Najar, Hussam ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Gaza Strip; Hydrochemical characteristics; Khan Younis; Saturation index; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938204410     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-014-1346-6     Document Type: Article

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