GIS based DRASTIC model for groundwater vulnerability assessment: Case study of the shallow mio-plio-quaternary aquifer (Southeastern Tunisia)

Water Resources

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 595-603

  Jarray, Hanen ^a   Zammouri, Mounira ^b   Ouessar, Mohamed ^c   Zerrim, Ammar ^c   Yahyaoui, Houcine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^d Commissariat Régional au Développement Agricole ^*  (Tunisia)

Author keywords

DRASTIC index; GIS; groundwater vulnerability; shallow aquifer; Southeast Tunisia

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; GIS; MIOCENE; NITRATE; PLIOCENE; THEMATIC MAPPING; VULNERABILITY;

TUNISIA;

EID: 85025680913     PISSN: 00978078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0097807817040066     Document Type: Article

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