Research Article

Characterization of Recharge Mechanisms and Sources of Groundwater Salinization in Ras Jbel Coastal Aquifer (Northeast Tunisia) Using Hydrogeochemical Tools, Environmental Isotopes, GIS, and Statistics

Table 1

Chemical data of sampled wells and piezometers in the Ras Jbel aquifer.

WellECpHTDSCa2+Mg2+Na+K+ClECpHTDSCa2+Mg2+Na+K+Cl
Wet seasonDry season

136707,412369225894431099929830554307,23630299140757121792343287
239907,052519447574134102230727037607,212446447583761989326250
338406,82649442544251199738433834807,052451421483929918356308
441207,13166368726475102174231139007,22612327635062789626299
563006,941105208973871390100536155307,06432350194731415991040354
650806,953345403816668116066136638507,152832363664995953598348
757906,936305601155504145763530947407323152310347131181633317
837306,923062861152842089537732935607,11240735313529412876421317
956607,03380036812988111148756336146607,1631263399660971248498329
1035307,32384249593882578858928728407,6319892584634720610489220
1144807,123260379726461898982033736507,1926743345950013774683311
12325072142230553463770547729331607,3523602855543437720543287
13277071658216452643147435227725407,3517102434126229487380268
1424807,651972278463372465938224628607,4920402635034323662462238
1562507,9640894668685796146381131042307,3530493537160526866684445
1641907,62480258784442283061923135207,3823922767042119766598244
1739907,527152744955010777546050032907,724972805042680652413598
1829207,22046221563307947244444522407,2918411994528975444363427
1927307,751817236542852545138238122507,316802154625631427395311
2040207,2327472081315256101148138633607,3323892061244103872384390
2112407,788194836165728910217321207,551317104572705639108134
2232807,052358258553773584451527529107,6518352304233832589366238
2315737,68924841920062768925011317,827837312182321788207
2451707,152891505755108118540720140607,0526974906743351066436201
2546107,32910189113576791665245838807,3328892111235904878650433
2650507,323307,3316662165527012464264387
2734007,551938255652872759441529627207,3319282576231235568371323
2831607,61662178482898747835622625207,3919102795728016593393293
2929507,892176187664196713587198
3035807,22353199804371181961319532407,522172057242711732582189
3130907,52187225713941071056021732407,542330228684247766637201
3234907,62317231694791074956022138307,352804269805727866723287
3342907,12886358704042095472935150807,75360845490654231107884397
3436407,252648292665201585159131534107,3524293056740112764575305
3538607,252836326815502787463434434207,5124873047145514756571317
3648207,9532533988147236108478939341107,4330153487453938922729366
3737407,452390230784121782960721833207,3224412657047416757609250
3827207,7188119755332959146523236507,52628292714916821654293
3920807,71378169322511147033611018177,491269158302138391319153
4035407,4245423175419882362027837707,192727273814897865696317
4150307,130104028145614116668920131307,672233232684317734578183
4228207,932061179653716683580177
4429807,121817236433247853133727020907,5216941984223464502355299
4526707,11694215432776949331628121307,415532034025867437294256
4628407,4174120055267955537528130507,32277285693903770516244
4733107,05174930059217368023325631707,32257389572492807522232
4849907,062856555824005121035525041207,126015607332721084372183

EC (μs/cm); TDS, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, Cl, , (mg/l).