Evaluation of groundwater quality in an evaporation dominant arid environment; a case study from Al Asyah area in Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 6237-6247

  Loni, Oumar A ^a   Zaidi, Faisal K ^b   Alhumimidi, Mansour S ^a   Alharbi, Obaid A ^a   Hussein, Mohammed T ^b   Dafalla, Muawia ^c   AlYousef, Khaled A ^a   Kassem, Osama M K ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arid environment; Evaporation; Ion exchange; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED LOAD; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; INORGANIC SALT; ION EXCHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

QASIM; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84939517783     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-014-1623-4     Document Type: Article

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