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 3

Correlation matrix of dissolved species and the TDS for the study area in wet season.

CETDSpHCa2+Mg2+Na+K+Cl

CE1
TDS0,981
pH−0,34−0,321
Ca2+0,840,83−0,441
Mg2+0,730,73−0,300,431
Na+0,840,87−0,180,600,651
K+−0,04−0,050,23−0,11−0,280,011
Cl0,950,96−0,370,840,760,84−0,191
0,730,76−0,120,500,520,75−0,020,651
0,360,37−0,200,200,370,420,300,270,321