Groundwater salinization processes in shallow coastal aquifer of Djeffara plain of Medenine, Southeastern Tunisia

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 641-653

  Trabelsi, Rim ^a   Abid, Kamel ^a   Zouari, Kamel ^a   Yahyaoui, Houcine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b Regional Direction of Agriculture and Water Resources of Medenine   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Djeffara Southeastern Tunisia; Hydrochemistry; Isotopes; Salinization; Salt water intrusion

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFERS; DEUTERIUM CONTENT; EVAPORATION PROCESS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; HYDROCHEMICAL DATA; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; MAIN PROCESS; OVEREXPLOITATION; OXYGEN-18; PIEZOMETRIC LEVELS; SALINIZATION; SALINIZATION PROCESS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TUNISIA;

AQUIFERS; DEUTERIUM; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COASTAL AQUIFER; DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; ION; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINIZATION; SALT; WATER QUALITY;

DJEFFARA AQUIFER;

EID: 84860355008     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1273-8     Document Type: Article

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