Hydrogeological investigation of an oasis-system aquifer in arid southeastern Morocco by development of a groundwater flow model     

Ilias Bouaamlat  Abdelkader Larabi  Mohamed Faouzi 《Hydrogeology Journal》2016,24(6):1479-1496

Groundwater of the Tafilalet oasis system (TOS) is an important water resource in the lower Ziz and Rheris valleys of arid southeastern Morocco. The unconfined aquifer is exploited for domestic consumption and irrigation. A groundwater flow model was developed to assess the impact of climatic variations and development, including the construction of hydraulic structures, on the hydrodynamic behavior of the aquifer. Numerical simulations were performed by implementing a spatial database within a geographic information system and using the Arc Hydro Groundwater tool with the code MODFLOW-2000. The results of steady-state and transient simulations between 1960 and 2011 show that the water table is at equilibrium between recharge, which is mainly by surface-water infiltration, and discharge by evapotranspiration. After the commissioning of the Hassan Addakhil dam in 1971, hydraulic heads became more sensitive to annual variations than to seasonal variations. Heads are also influenced by recurrent droughts and the highest water-level changes are recorded in irrigated areas. The model provides a way of managing groundwater resources in the TOS. It can be used as a tool to predict the impact of different management plans for the protection of groundwater against overexploitation and deterioration of water quality.  相似文献   

Assessment of toxic metals in coastal sediments of the Rosetta area,Mediterranean Sea,Egypt     

Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy  Mohamed Tawfik  Sattam A. Almadani  Abdullah Attiah 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(5):398

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First level seismic microzonation map of Al-Madinah province,western Saudi Arabia using the geographic information system approach     

Sayed S. R. Moustafa  Nassir SN Al-Arifi  Muhammad Kamran Jafri  Muhammad Naeem  Eslam A. Alawadi  Mohamed A. Metwaly 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(3):251

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Synopsis of geo-environmental hazards in Hail region,Saudi Arabia using remote sensing   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Mohamed E. Hereher 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(3):233

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Erosion of a sandy coast: continuous follow-up of the coastal groynes of protection in Boumerdes (Algeria)     

Mohamed Bouhmadouche  Yacine Hemdane 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(10):866

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Geochemistry and spatial distribution of selected heavy metals in surface soil of Sohag,Egypt: a multivariate statistical and GIS approach     

Mohamed H. Ali  Abdel-Rahman A. Mustafa  Ahmed A. El-Sheikh 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(18):1257

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Time series trends of land surface temperatures in Egypt: a signal for global warming     

Mohamed E. Hereher 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(17):1218

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Integrated assessment of the Tarut Island coast,Arabian Gulf,Saudi Arabia     

Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy  Mohamed Youssef  Khaled Al-Kahtany 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(19):1336

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Identifying recharge and salinization sources of groundwater in the Oussja Ghar el Melah plain (northeast Tunisia) using geochemical tools and environmental isotopes     

Safouan Ben Ammar  Jean-Denis Taupin  Kamel Zouari  Mohamed Khouatmia 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2016,75(7):606

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Landslide hazard mapping in the Constantine city,Northeast Algeria using frequency ratio,weighting factor,logistic regression,weights of evidence,and analytical hierarchy process methods     

Hamid Bourenane  Mohamed Said Guettouche  Youcef Bouhadad  Massinissa Braham 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2016,9(2):154

Landslides constitute the most widespread and damaging natural hazards in the Constantine city. They represent a significant constraint to development and urban planning. In order to reduce the risk related to potential landslide, there is a need to develop a comprehensive landslide hazard map (LHM) of the area for an efficient disaster management and for planning development activities. The purpose of this research is to prepare and compare the LHMs of the Constantine city, by applying frequency ratio (FR), weighting factor (Wf), logistic regression (LR), weights of evidence (WOE), and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) methods used in a framework of the geographical information system (GIS). Firstly, a landslide inventory map has been prepared based on the interpretation of aerial photographs, high resolution satellite images, fieldwork, and available literature. Secondly, eight landslide-conditioning factors such as lithology, slope, exposure, rainfall, land use, distance to drainage, distance to road, and distance to fault have been considered to establish LHMs using the FR, Wf, LR, WOE, and AHP models in GIS. For verification, the obtained LHMs have been validated comparing the LHMs with the known landslide locations using the receiver operating characteristics curves (ROC). The validated results indicate that the FR method provides more accurate prediction (86.59 %) of LHMs than the WOE (82.38 %), AHP (77.86 %), Wf (77.58 %), and LR (70.45 %) models. On the other hand, the obtained results showed that all the used models in this study provided a good accuracy in predicting landslide hazard in Constantine city. The established maps can be used as useful tools for risk prevention and land use planning in the Constantine region.  相似文献