HYDRO-GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF GROUNDWATER IN ES-SBIKHAT-EL-MAHMEL BASIN, KHENCHELA, NORTHEASTERN ALGERIA
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Mineralization, Pollution, Thermodynamique, Es-Sbikhat- El-Mahmel basin, Algeria.Abstract
Es-Sbikhat- El-Mahmel, basin, located at the southeastern piedmont of Aures massif (Northeasten Algeria), is an area with a semi-arid climate. 39 samples were collected during May 2015, for physicochemical analysis. The interpretation of analysis data has shown a chemical facies evolution from bicarbonate-calcium waters into chloride-calcium waters, going through a transition facies marked by sulfate-calcium to sulfate-magnesium waters.
The principal component analysis showed that the percentage of the variances expressed is 52.70% for the factor 1, 14.73% for the factor 2 and 11.44 for the factor 3. The binary diagrams and thermodynamic analysis corroborated that interaction water-rock is responsible for the mineralization through the geochemical process of mineral dissolution-precipitation, cationic exchange and anthropogenic pollution.
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2020-04-30
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OULDJAOUI, M.; HASSAD, S.; DIB, D.; HOUHA, B. HYDRO-GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF GROUNDWATER IN ES-SBIKHAT-EL-MAHMEL BASIN, KHENCHELA, NORTHEASTERN ALGERIA. Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, [S. l.], v. 12, n. 2, p. 800–813, 2020. DOI: 10.4314/jfas.v12i2.18. Disponível em: https://jfas.info/index.php/JFAS/article/view/561. Acesso em: 30 jan. 2025.
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