Authors
Faisal K Zaidi, Saad Mogren, Manoj Mukhopadhyay, Elkhedr Ibrahim
Publication date
2016/8/31
Journal
Journal of African Earth Sciences
Volume
120
Pages
208-219
Publisher
Pergamon
Description
Abstract The present study deals with the assessment of groundwater with respect to the
main hydrological processes controlling its chemistry and its subsequent impact on
groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation purposes in the eastern part of the Central
Arabian graben and trough system. Groundwater samples were collected from 73 bore wells
tapping the Cretaceous Biyadh and Wasia sandstone aquifers. The main groundwater facies
in the area belong to the mixed Ca single bond
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