Hydrologic and geologic factors controlling groundwater geochemistry in the Turonian aquifer (southern Tunisia)

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 415-427

  Abid, Kamel ^a   Zouari, Kamel ^a   Dulinski, Marek ^b   Chkir, Najiba ^a   Abidi, Brahim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Arrondissement des Ressources en Eau   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Dissolution; Ion exchange; Mixing process; Precipitation; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; DISCHARGE; DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEACHING; LIMESTONE; MIXING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECHARGE;

TUNISIA;

EID: 79952081748     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-010-0668-z     Document Type: Article

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