Sensitivity analysis in groundwater vulnerability assessment based on GIS in the Mahdia-Ksour Essaf aquifer, Tunisia: A validation study;Analyse de sensibilité sous SIG de l'évaluation de la vulnérabilité des ressources en eaux de l'aquifère de Mahdia-Ksour Essaf, Tunisie: Étude de validité

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 288-304

  Saidi, Salwa ^a   Bouri, Salem ^a   Ben Dhia, Hamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

DRASTIC method; GIS; Mahdia Ksour Essaf aquifer; Sensitivity analysis; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER MEDIA; AQUIFER VULNERABILITY; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; DRASTIC METHOD; EFFECTIVE TOOL; GIS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; KEY FACTORS; MAHDIA-KSOUR ESSAF AQUIFER; STUDY AREAS; TUNISIA; VALIDATION STUDY; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; VULNERABILITY INDEX; VULNERABILITY MAPS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RATING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHLORIDE; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MODEL VALIDATION; NITRATE; RECHARGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

MAHDIA; TUNISIA;

EID: 79953291124     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2011.552886     Document Type: Article

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