Groundwater Vulnerability and Risk Mapping of the Northern Sfax Aquifer, Tunisia

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1405-1421

  Ben Brahim, Fatma ^a   Khanfir, Hafedh ^a   Bouri, Salem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

DRASTIC model; Groundwater; Northern Sfax; Parameter; Risk map; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864099218     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-012-0261-y     Document Type: Article

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