Understanding the origin of salinization of the Plio-quaternary eastern coastal aquifer of Cap Bon (Tunisia) using geochemical and isotope investigations

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 889-901

  Hamouda, Mohamed Fethi Ben ^a   Tarhouni, Jamila ^b   Leduc, Christian ^c   Zouari, Kamel ^d  

^a Centre National des Sciences et Technologies Nucleaires Tunis   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^c UMR G EAU   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Geochemistry; Hydrogeology; Isotopes; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER WELLS; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDRODYNAMIC INFORMATION; MAIN PROCESS; OVEREXPLOITATION; SEMI-ARID REGION; SOIL LEACHING; STABLE ISOTOPES; TUNISIA;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ALKALI METAL; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; BIODEGRADATION; COASTAL AQUIFER; EXPLOITATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ION; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; WATER QUALITY;

CAPE BON; NABEUL; TUNISIA;

EID: 79958181389     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0758-1     Document Type: Article

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