Groundwater in the Arab Middle East

• Main Author: Wagner, Wolfgang (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Energy.; Hydrology.; Hydrogeology.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Water pollution.; Earth Sciences.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Energy, general.

The book gives an outline of prevailing hydrogeologic conditions in the Arab Middle East together with the geologic background. Emphasis is given to relationships between the main features influencing the hydrogeologic conditions - regional geologic developments, paleogeographic conditions, morpholo...

Table of Contents:

• The Arabian Plate
• Northwestern Mountain and Rift Zone of the Northern Arabian Platform
• Eastern Part of the Northern Arabian Platform
• North Arabian Volcanic Province
• Interior Shelf
• Eastern Arabian Platform
• Arabian Shield
• Oman Mountains
• Aquifers in Coastal Plains of the Arabian Plate.