Assessment of groundwater quality for irrigation and drinking purposes and identification of hydrogeochemical mechanisms evolution in Northeastern, Tunisia

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Houatmia, Faten ^a   Azouzi, Rim ^a   Charef, Abdelkrim ^a   Bédir, Mourad ^a  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Drinking and irrigation quality; Hydrogeochemistry; Physico chemical analysis; Sisseb El Alem aquifers

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; SODIUM; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

DRINKING AND IRRIGATIONS; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; HYDROCHEMICAL FACIES; PERMEABILITY INDEX; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; RESIDUAL SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM ABSORPTION RATIOS (SAR); WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; CARBONATE; CENOZOIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; MAGNESIUM; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SODIUM; WATER QUALITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

KAIROUAN; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; TUNISIA;

EID: 84964558809     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-016-5441-8     Document Type: Article

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