Comparison of three applied methods of groundwater vulnerability mapping: Application to the coastal aquifer of Chebba-Mellouleche (Tunisia)

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 52, Issue 10-12, 2014, Pages 2120-2130

  Saidi, Salwa ^a,b   Bouri, Salem ^a   Hassine, Sawsin ^a   Ben Dhia, Hamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b University of Science   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Aquifer vulnerability index; Chebba Mellouleche Aquifer; DRASTIC; GALDIT; Geographical information system

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CARTOGRAPHY; COASTAL AQUIFER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GIS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; INDEX METHOD; NITRATE; PARAMETERIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHEBBA MELLOULECHE AQUIFER; MAHDIA; TUNISIA;

EID: 84897606541     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.855663     Document Type: Article

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