Assessment of groundwater suitability for irrigation in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-11

  Bob, Mustafa ^a   Abd Rahman, Norhan ^a   Elamin, Abdalla ^b   Taher, Saud ^a  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Madinah city; RSC; Salinity; SAR; Sodium percentage; TDS

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SALINITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

MADINAH; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84949545505     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-015-2024-z     Document Type: Article

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