Use of geographical information system and water quality index to assess groundwater quality in el khairat deep aquifer (enfidha, central east tunisia)

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1379-1390

  Ketata, Mouna ^a,b   Gueddari, Moncef ^a   Bouhlila, Rachida ^b  

^a Department of Geology   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

El khairat deep aquifer; Geographical information system; Spatial analysis; Tunisia; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922685110     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-011-0292-9     Document Type: Article

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