Impact of anthropogenic activities on the groundwater resources of the unconfined aquifer of Triffa plain (Eastern Morocco)

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4917-4924

  Fekkoul, Abdelhafid ^a   Zarhloule, Yassine ^a   Boughriba, Mimoun ^a   Barkaoui, Alae eddine ^a   Jilali, Abdelhakim ^a   Bouri, Salem ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Aquifer; Groundwater contamination; Triffa plain

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PIEZOMETER; POLLUTION MONITORING; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; WATER QUALITY;

MOROCCO;

EID: 84886777112     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0740-1     Document Type: Article

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