Evaluation of Temperature and Mixing Process of Water in Deep and Shallow Aquifers in the Southwestern Tunisia: Case of Djerid Region

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 5677-5689

  Ben Brahim, Fatma ^a   Makni, Jalila ^a   Bouri, Salem ^a   Ben Dhia, Hamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Djerid region; Fraction; Hydrochemistry; Mixing; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904168088     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-014-1138-z     Document Type: Article

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