Geochemical study of groundwater mineralization in the Grombalia shallow aquifer, north-eastern Tunisia: Implication of irrigation and industrial waste water accounting

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 555-566

  Moussa, Amor Ben ^a   Zouari, Kamel ^a   Oueslati, Naceur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b Commissariat Régionale de Développement Agricole de Nabeul ^*  (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cation exchange; Dissolution; Fertilizers; Industrial waste water; Irrigation return flow; Na Cl NO3 Ca water type

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; CATION EXCHANGE; CATION EXCHANGES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; IRRIGATION RETURN FLOW; IRRIGATION WATERS; NA-CL-NO3-CA WATER TYPE; NATURAL FACTORS; NATURAL PROCESS; RETURN FLOW; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; TIME AND SPACE; TUNISIA; WATER TYPES;

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CLAY MINERALS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; GYPSUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION; POSITIVE IONS; SEWAGE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

DISSOLUTION;

AQUIFER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; FERTILIZER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINERALIZATION; SHALLOW WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

AFRICA; GROMBALIA BASIN; NABEUL; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 70350656064     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1530-7     Document Type: Article

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