Origin of recharge and salinity and their role on management issues of a large alluvial aquifer system in the semi-arid Haouz plain, Morocco

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 6195-6212

  Boukhari, K ^a   Fakir, Y ^a   Stigter, T Y ^b   Hajhouji, Y ^a   Boulet, G ^c  

^a CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Alluvial plain; Groundwater; High Atlas Mountains; Isotopes; Nitrates; Salinization

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; NITRATES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); STRONTIUM DEPOSITS; WATER RESOURCES;

ALLUVIAL AQUIFER SYSTEMS; ALLUVIAL PLAINS; GEOSTATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER SALINITIES; HIGH-ATLAS MOUNTAINS; SALINIZATION;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84939987099     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3844-y     Document Type: Article

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