Origin and salinity of groundwater from interpretation of analysis data in the mining area of Oumjrane, Southeastern Morocco

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4787-4802

  Ait Brahim, Yassine ^a   Benkaddour, Abdelfattah ^b   Agoussine, Mbark ^a   Ait Lemkademe, Anasse ^c   Yacoubi, Latifa Al ^a   Bouchaou, Lhoussaine ^a  

^a IBN ZOHR UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c Groupe Managem   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Arid environment; Eastern Anti Atlas; Geochemistry; Morocco; Salinity; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SILICATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTI-ATLAS; ARID ENVIRONMENTS; MOROCCO; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPES;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; ARID ENVIRONMENT; DATA INTERPRETATION; DISCHARGE; FISSURE; GROUNDWATER; GYPSUM; HALITE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINE; ORDOVICIAN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

ANTI ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84940718422     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4467-7     Document Type: Article

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