Identifying sources of groundwater recharge in the Merguellil basin (Tunisia) using isotopic methods: Implication of dam reservoir water accounting

Environmental Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 114-123

  Dassi, Lassaad ^a   Zouari, Kamel ^a   Faye, Serigne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Dam contribution; Merguellil basin; Native water; Old water; Stable radiogenic isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DAMS; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ISOTOPES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; MERGUILLIL BASIN; NATIVE WATER; OLD WATER; STABLE RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER; RECHARGE; RESERVOIR; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MERGUELLIL BASIN; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA; WORLD;

EID: 27944467922     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0069-0     Document Type: Article

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