Recharge of the plio-quaternary water table aquifer in Tunisian chotts region estimated from stable isotopes

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 189-199

  Kamel, Samir ^a  

^a Institut Superieur des Sciences et Techniques des Eaux de Gabes   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Groundwater; Leakage; Oxygen 18; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; INPUT SIGNAL; ISOTOPE BALANCE; LATE QUATERNARY; LEAKAGE; LEAKAGE RATES; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MIXING PROCESS; OXYGEN-18; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES OF WATER; STUDY AREAS; TUNISIA; WATER SAMPLES; WATER TABLE AQUIFERS; WEIGHTED MEAN VALUES;

AQUIFERS; DEUTERIUM; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; OXYGEN; RAIN; REPLENISHMENT (WATER RESOURCES);

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; DATA SET; DEEP WATER; DEUTERIUM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAKAGE; METEORIC WATER; METEOROLOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMEABILITY; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER TABLE;

DJERID; TUNISIA;

EID: 79954420957     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0683-3     Document Type: Article

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