The Hydrochemistry of the Spring at Ain bu Sukhanah, U.A.E PDF

Keywords

spring water, U.A.E., Sodium, Calcium, Chloride

Abstract

The spring Ain bu Sukhanah is artesian in character and has an average discharge of (160 l/sec). The water reaches the spring along fractured beds of the underlying Miocene gypsum sequence. The spring water is brackish with the type of Ca-Sodium-Chloride. The hydro chemical composition of the spring water reflects an old marine genesis. Mixing of spring water with the circulating meteoric water is reflected in the hydro chemical composition.