Aquifer vulnerability and seawater intrusion risk using GALDIT, GQISWI and GIS: case of a coastal aquifer in Tunisia

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Trabelsi, Nadia ^a   Triki, Ibtissem ^a   Hentati, Imen ^a   Zairi, Moncef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; GALDIT method; Geostatistics; Ghyben Herzberg model; GQISWI approach; Risk mapping; Seawater intrusion; Vulnerability mapping

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MAPPING; MERCURY (METAL); RISK ASSESSMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

COASTAL AQUIFERS; GALDIT METHOD; GEO-STATISTICS; GQISWI APPROACH; RISK MAPPINGS; VULNERABILITY MAPPINGS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL AQUIFER; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; SALINE INTRUSION; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

SFAX [TUNISIA]; TUNISIA;

EID: 84963690675     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-016-5459-y     Document Type: Article

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