Reverse ion exchange as a major process controlling the groundwater chemistry in an arid environment: a case study from northwestern Saudi Arabia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Zaidi, Faisal K ^a,b   Nazzal, Yousef ^a,c   Jafri, Muhammad Kamran ^a   Naeem, Muhammad ^a   Ahmed, Izrar ^d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Environment Department Dubai Municipality ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Arid regions; Evaporation; Northwestern Saudi Arabia; Reverse ion exchange; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CALCIUM; CROPS; CULTIVATION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IONS; NANOCLUSTERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL; HIGH EVAPORATION RATE; HYDROCHEMICAL PROCESS; RESIDUAL SODIUM CARBONATE; SALINITY; SAUDI ARABIA; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO;

ION EXCHANGE;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; DOLOMITE; GROUND WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CARBONATE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARID REGION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC COMPOSITION; IRRIGATION; SALINITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EVAPORATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROCHEMICAL PROCESS; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVERSE ION EXCHANGE; SAFETY; SALINITY; SATURATION INDEX; SAUDI ARABIA; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; SOIL STRUCTURE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ADSORPTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

HAIL [SAUDI ARABIA]; JOUF; SAUDI ARABIA; TABUK [SAUDI ARABIA];

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CARBONATES; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; ION EXCHANGE; SALINITY; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84940702459     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4828-4     Document Type: Article

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