Hydrogeochemical assessment of the Upper Cheliff groundwater (North West Algeria)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3043-3061

  Touhari, Fadilha ^a,b   Meddi, Mohamed ^a   Mehaiguene, Madjid ^a   Razack, Moumtaz ^b  

^a National School of Hydraulic Engineering of Blida   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; Groundwater flow; Hydrochemistry; Mineralization; Principal components analysis; Upper Cheliff

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DETERIORATION; ECONOMICS; FERTILIZERS; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

ALGERIA; ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; MINERALIZATION; MINERALIZATION PROCESS; ORIGIN OF SALINITIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; UPPER CHELIFF;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EXPLOITATION; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; PIEZOMETER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ALGERIA; CHELIF BASIN;

EID: 85027924131     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3598-6     Document Type: Article

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