NDLI: Major elements hydrochemistry and groundwater quality of Wadi Fatimah, West Central Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia

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Author	Sharaf, Mohamed Amin Mohamed
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Wadi Fatimah is the largest NE-SW trending low topographic area in the west central Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia. It is bounded by in the NW side by the faulted and folded volcano-sedimentary succession of Fatima Formation and in the SE side by the metamorphic rocks of Jeddah Group. Some massive gabbros and granites and foliated amphibolites are also present along both sides and in the upstream of Wadi Fatimah. The groundwater of Wadi Fatimah is present in the shallow Quaternary alluvial deposits and also in the underlying fractured Precambrian bedrocks. The description of the chemical composition of the groundwater of Wadi Fatimah includes the variations of the groundwater salinity, the major and trace constituents as well as the groundwater character. According to the chemical analysis and the trilinear and durov diagrams, the prevalent chemical character is calcium chloride followed by sodium chloride water types. All the sub-basins of Wadi Fatimah are characterized by a relatively low to medium saline water. Highly mineralized water zone marked the lower part of the wadi, e.g., Al Jumum-Bahrah area, where the groundwater salinity reached up to 26,500 μS/cm with an average of about 9,500 μS/cm. Major and trace elements analyses of the groundwater samples from the different tributaries of Wadi Fatimah revealed its suitability for irrigation purposes.
Starting Page	2633
Ending Page	2653
Page Count	21
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18667511
Journal	Arabian Journal of Geosciences
Volume Number	6
Issue Number	7
e-ISSN	18667538
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2012-04-05
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Groundwater hydrochemistry Wadi Fatimah Saudi Arabia Quaternary aquifer Earth Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Earth and Planetary Sciences Environmental Science

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