Implementation and evaluation of multivariate analysis for groundwater hydrochemistry assessment in arid environments: A case study of Hajeb Elyoun-Jelma, Central Tunisia

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2215-2224

  Kolsi, Soumaya Hajji ^a   Bouri, Salem ^a   Hachicha, Wafik ^a   Dhia, Hamed Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Geostatistics; Groundwater quality; Hajeb El Youn Jelma; Principal component analysis; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ARID ZONES; GEO-STATISTICS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; HAJEB EL YOUN-JELMA; TUNISIA;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INTERPOLATION; IRRIGATION; POTABLE WATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EFFLUENTS;

AQUIFER; ARID ENVIRONMENT; DATABASE; DRINKING; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; KRIGING; MAPPING; MIOCENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

TUNISIA;

EID: 84886439495     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2377-0     Document Type: Article

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