Chloride mass-balance method for estimating ground water recharge in arid areas: Examples from western Saudi Arabia
Journal of Hydrology
By: A.S. Bazuhair and W.W. Wood
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Abstract
The chloride mass-balance method, which integrates time and aerial distribution of ground water recharge, was applied to small alluvial aquifers in the wadi systems of the Asir and Hijaz mountains in western Saudi Arabia. This application is an extension of the method shown to be suitable for estimating recharge in regional aquifers in semi-arid areas. Because the method integrates recharge in time and space it appears to be, with certain assumptions, particularly well suited for and areas with large temporal and spatial variation in recharge. In general, recharge was found to be between 3 to 4% of precipitation - a range consistent with recharge rates found in other arid and semi-arid areas of the earth.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Chloride mass-balance method for estimating ground water recharge in arid areas: Examples from western Saudi Arabia |
| Series title | Journal of Hydrology |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03028-4 |
| Volume | 186 |
| Issue | 1-4 |
| Year Published | 1996 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Contributing office(s) | Toxic Substances Hydrology Program |
| Description | 7 p. |
| First page | 153 |
| Last page | 159 |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Other Geospatial | Asir mountains, Hijaz mountains |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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