Topical Collection: Coastal aquifers in the Middle East and North Africa region |
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Authors: | Mingjie Chen Ali Al-Maktoumi |
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Institution: | 1.Water Research Center,Sultan Qaboos University,Muscat,Oman;2.Department of Soils, Water and Agricultural Engineering, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences,Sultan Qaboos University,Muscat,Oman |
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Abstract: | The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region suffers from low precipitation and high evaporation. Coastal areas of the MENA region are usually densely populated; hence, the coastal aquifers are easily over-exploited beyond their safe yield, and seawater intrusion and aquifer salinization have been caused by the groundwater-level declines. Four studies in MENA coastal aquifers, on seawater intrusion modeling and aquifer recharge and salinization using isotopes, have been brought together in a topical collection and are discussed in this essay. A brief overview is given of managed aquifer recharge as an effective method to combat groundwater-level decline, seawater intrusion and aquifer salinization in MENA counties. |
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