Isotopic signatures for the assessment of snow water resources in the Moroccan high Atlas mountains: contribution to surface and groundwater recharge

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  N’da, Angoran Baudelaire ^a   Bouchaou, Lhoussaine ^a   Reichert, Barbara ^b   Hanich, Lahoucine ^c   Ait Brahim, Yassine ^a   Chehbouni, Abdelghani ^d   Beraaouz, El Hassane ^a   Michelot, Jean Luc ^e  

^a IBN ZOHR UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d CESBIO   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

High Atlas mountains; Morocco; Semi arid; Snowmelt process; Stable isotopes; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SURFACE WATERS;

HIGH ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MOROCCO; SEMI ARID; SNOWMELT; STABLE ISOTOPES;

WATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE; MELTWATER; POLYMER; RECHARGE; RIVER; SALINITY; SNOW; SNOWMELT; SUBLIMATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER RESOURCE;

ATLAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH ATLAS; IFNI; MOROCCO; SOUSS-MASSA-DRAA;

EID: 84964426682     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-016-5566-9     Document Type: Article

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