Geochemical and isotopic study of the multilayer aquifer system in the Moulares-Redayef basin, southern Tunisia

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1241-1252

  Hamed, Younes ^a   Dassi, Lassaad ^b   Ahmadi, Riadh ^a   Dhia, Hamed Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Moulares Redayef basin; Radio carbon isotope; Semi arid region; Souther Tunisia; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; EARTH SCIENCES; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; MULTILAYERS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; ARTESIAN; CALCIUM SULPHATE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBONS; EVAPORITE; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; H CONTENTS; ISOTOPIC STUDIES; MAJOR IONS; MINERAL DISSOLUTIONS; MIOCENE; MIXING EFFECTS; MOULARES-REDAYEF BASIN; SEMI-ARID REGION; SOUTHER TUNISIA; SOUTHERN TUNISIA; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULPHATE; WATER MOLECULES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIXING; SEMIARID REGION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 57049137144     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.53.6.1241     Document Type: Article

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