Factors influencing the major ion chemistry in the Tihama coastal plain of southern Saudi Arabia: evidences from hydrochemical facies analyses and ionic relationships

• Published in: Environmental earth sciences Vol. 76; no. 14; pp. 1 - 16
• Main Authors: Zaidi, Faisal K., Al-Bassam, Abdulaziz M., Kassem, Osama M. K., Alfaifi, Hussain J., Alhumidan, Saad M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.07.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; Agrochemicals; Anions; Aquifers; Area; Biogeosciences; bromides; Chemistry; chlorides; Climate change; Coastal aquifers; Coastal plains; Coastal waters; Coastal zone; Coastal zones; coasts; Confined groundwater; Dissolution; Dissolving; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; electrical conductivity; Environmental Science and Engineering; Farming; Farms; Fertilizers; Flats (landforms); Geochemistry; Geology; Global climate; Groundwater; Groundwater chemistry; Gypsum; Halite; Halites; Hydrochemicals; hydrochemistry; Hydrology/Water Resources; Intrusion; Ion chemistry; ion exchange; Ions; Irrigation; Mineral fertilizers; mixing; nitrates; Original Article; Percolation; pH effects; Plains; Rain; Rainfall; Ratios; Rocks; Sabkhas; Saline water; Saline water intrusion; Salt flats; Saturation; Saturation index; Saudi Arabia; Silica; Silicates; Silicon dioxide; Species; sulfates; Sulphates; Terrestrial Pollution; total dissolved solids; Unconfined aquifers; Water; Water mixing; Weathering; wells; Saudi Arabia; Silicate weathering; Jazan Province; Tihama coastal plain; Hydrochemical facies

Coastal aquifers across the globe have been a subject of extensive research mainly because of problems related to saline water intrusion as a consequence of global climate changes and overabstraction of groundwater. The present work deals with the assessment of factors which affects the groundwater...