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Hydrochemical Diversity of a Large Alluvial Aquifer in an Arid Zone (Draa River, S Morocco) Cover

Hydrochemical Diversity of a Large Alluvial Aquifer in an Arid Zone (Draa River, S Morocco)

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S
Volume 26 (2019): Issue 1 (March 2019)
By: Anna Szczucińska,  Maciej Dłużewski,  Rafał Kozłowski and  Przemysław Niedzielski  
Open Access
|Apr 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2019-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2084-4549 | Journal ISSN: 1898-6196
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Language: English
Page range: 81 - 100
Published on: Apr 15, 2019
Published by: Society of Ecological Chemistry and Engineering
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Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
hydrochemistry,
alluvial aquifer,
salinity,
arid zone,
intermittent river
Related subjects:
Chemistry,
Sustainable and green chemistry,
Engineering,
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Energy engineering,
Life sciences,
Ecology

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