@incollection{fdi:010070548,
  title = {{G}roundwater recharge of the {K}airouan plain aquifer : evidence of preferential flow paths through the {E}l {H}aouareb limestones ?},
  author = {{S}ebai, {A}. and {M}assuel, {S}ylvain and {T}ahrouni, {J}. and {J}erbi, {H}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{G}roundwater is a key component for the development of semi-arid areas where surface water resources are scarce. {W}ater managers need knowledge about water reserves to cope with their multiple constraints. {I}n the {M}erguellil basin ({C}entral {T}unisia), the {K}airouan plain aquifer supplies water for a rapidly growing irrigated agriculture economy but recharge processes are still poorly known. {T}he present paper investigates groundwater transfers from upstream aquifers to the {K}airouan plain through the hydraulic threshold of {E}l {H}aouareb. {A} conceptual geological 3{D} model based on lithologs analyses was built. {T}wo steady state groundwater models were run using {F}eflow code in high and low flow conditions. {R}esults suggest that the limestone aquifer that ensures hydraulic connectivity between the upstream and downstream aquifers behaves like a dual-porosity medium with highly significant preferential groundwater flow paths and cannot be simulated as an equivalent porous media.},
  keywords = {{EAU} {SOUTERRAINE} ; {RESSOURCES} {EN} {EAU} ; {EVALUATION} ; {GEOLOGIE} ; {MODELISATION} ; {AQUIFERE} ; {METHODOLOGIE} ; {BASSIN} {VERSANT} ; {CALCAIRE} ; {RECHARGE} ; {TUNISIE} ; {ZONE} {SEMIARIDE} ; {MERGUELLIL} {BASSIN} {VERSANT} ; {KAIROUAN} {PLAINE} ; {EL} {HAOUAREB} {BARRAGE}},
  booktitle = {{W}ater and land security in drylands : response to climate change},
  numero = {},
  pages = {57--65},
  address = {{C}ham},
  publisher = {{S}pringer},
  series = {},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1007/978-3-319-54021-4_6},
  ISBN = {978-3-319-54020-7},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070548},
}