Hydrochemical and isotope evidence of groundwater salinization processes on the coastal plain of Hammamet-Nabeul, north-eastern Tunisia

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 167-178

  Moussa, Amor Ben ^a   Zouari, Kamel ^a   Marc, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b Laboratoire d'Hydrogéologie d'Avignon   (France)

Author keywords

Ca SO4 Cl and Na Cl water type; Cation exchange; Irrigation return flow; Isotopes; Major elements; Modern water

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGES; IRRIGATION RETURN FLOW; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MODERN WATER; WATER TYPES;

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; GYPSUM; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; POSITIVE IONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRITIUM; WATER SUPPLY;

CHLORINE;

AQUIFER; CALCIUM; COASTAL PLAIN; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; MIXING; SALINIZATION; SHALLOW WATER; SULFATE;

NABEUL; TUNISIA;

EID: 79952003950     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.03.039     Document Type: Article

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