Seawater intrusion and associated processes: Case of the Korba aquifer (Cap-Bon, Tunisia)

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-35

  Kouzana, Lamia ^a   Mammou, Abdallah Ben ^a   Felfoul, Mennoubi Sfar ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Hydrochemistry; Ionic deviation; Korba aquifer; Model; PHREEQC 2.8 software; Saturation indexes; Seawater intrusion

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; DROUGHT; EXTRACTION METHOD; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SALINITY; SATURATION; SEAWATER; SOFTWARE;

AFRICA; KORBA; NABEUL; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 60449109512     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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