Spatial and temporal variability of groundwater quality of an Algerian aquifer: the case of Soummam Wadi

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 775-792

  Benhamiche, Nadir ^a   Sahi, Lamia ^a   Tahar, Sabrina ^a   Bir, Hassiba ^a   Madani, Khodir ^a   Laignel, Benoit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; groundwater quality; hydrochemistry; pollution origins; principal component analysis; Soummam; spatio temporal variability

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; WATER QUALITY;

ALGERIA; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; NATURAL MINERALIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; POLLUTION ORIGIN; SOUMMAM; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; MINERALIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ALGERIA; BEJAIA; SOUMMAM VALLEY;

EID: 84958056895     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2014.966723     Document Type: Article

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