Hydrochemical analysis and evaluation of groundwater quality of a Mio-Plio-Quaternary aquifer system in an arid regions: Case of El Hancha, Djebeniana and El Amra regions, Tunisia

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2089-2102

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Contamination; Hydrochemistry; Northern Sfax; Salinization; Thermodynamic; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AQUIFER; ARID REGION; CIRCULATION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GROUNDWATER; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY; SALINITY; SODIUM; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

TUNISIA;

EID: 84905000456     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0481-6     Document Type: Article

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