Identifying recharge and salinization sources of groundwater in the Oussja Ghar el Melah plain (northeast Tunisia) using geochemical tools and environmental isotopes

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Ben Ammar, Safouan ^a,c   Taupin, Jean Denis ^b   Zouari, Kamel ^c   Khouatmia, Mohamed ^d  

^a Univ Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^d Centre National des Sciences et Technologies Nucleaires Tunis   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Ghar el Melah; Groundwater; Hydrogeochemistry; Tunisia; Water isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); WATER QUALITY;

COASTAL AQUIFERS; GHAR EL MELAH; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; TUNISIA; WATER ISOTOPE;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

COASTAL AQUIFER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RECHARGE; SALINIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

BIZERTE; TUNISIA;

EID: 84962193466     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-016-5431-x     Document Type: Article

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