PMID- 36625986
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230112
LR  - 20230112
IS  - 1573-2959 (Electronic)
IS  - 0167-6369 (Linking)
VI  - 195
IP  - 2
DP  - 2023 Jan 10
TI  - GIS-based multi-criteria decision-making techniques and analytical hierarchical 
      process for delineation of groundwater potential.
PG  - 285
LID - 10.1007/s10661-022-10845-8 [doi]
AB  - The profound knowledge and management of groundwater resources is a prerequisite 
      in order to ensure the sustainability of these resources. In this research, 
      multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) and analytical hierarchical process (AHP) 
      method based on GIS were used to determine the groundwater potential recharge 
      model of the Mornag plain (coastal area in North Tunisia). Influential eight 
      factors were used in the groundwater recharge modeling: lithology, land use/land 
      cover, hydrogeomorphology, elevation, rainfall, drainage density, lineament 
      density, and soil. The influence of each factor was examined by the weighted 
      linear combination method. The results reveal a very high to high groundwater 
      recharge potential in the order of 20% of the total area. The validation of 
      results by the histogram method showed that 41% of the total area corresponds to 
      the moderate to very high recharge potential classes. The groundwater recharge 
      potential model (GIS-MCDM-AHP) is useful in better management and planning of 
      groundwater resources and implementation of wells and hydraulic structures in 
      arid and semi-arid areas.
CI  - (c) 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
FAU - Farhat, Boutheina
AU  - Farhat B
AD  - Laboratory of Mineral Resources and Environment, Department of Geology, Faculty 
      of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092 El Manar II, Tunis, 
      Tunisia. boutheina.farhat@fst.utm.tn.
FAU - Souissi, Dhekra
AU  - Souissi D
AD  - Laboratory of Mineral Resources and Environment, Department of Geology, Faculty 
      of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092 El Manar II, Tunis, 
      Tunisia.
FAU - Mahfoudhi, Rabeb
AU  - Mahfoudhi R
AD  - National Centre for Agricultural Studies. Ministry of Agriculture, Water 
      Resources and Maritime Fisheries, 30 Alain Savary Street, 1002, Tunis, Tunisia.
FAU - Chrigui, Ranya
AU  - Chrigui R
AD  - Laboratory of Mineral Resources and Environment, Department of Geology, Faculty 
      of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092 El Manar II, Tunis, 
      Tunisia.
FAU - Sebei, Abdelaziz
AU  - Sebei A
AD  - Laboratory of Mineral Resources and Environment, Department of Geology, Faculty 
      of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092 El Manar II, Tunis, 
      Tunisia.
FAU - Ben Mammou, Abdallah
AU  - Ben Mammou A
AD  - Laboratory of Mineral Resources and Environment, Department of Geology, Faculty 
      of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092 El Manar II, Tunis, 
      Tunisia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230110
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Monit Assess
JT  - Environmental monitoring and assessment
JID - 8508350
SB  - IM
MH  - *Geographic Information Systems
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/methods
MH  - *Groundwater/chemistry
MH  - Water Wells
MH  - Tunisia
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Analytic hierarchy process (AHP)
OT  - Groundwater recharge potential (GWRpot)
OT  - Multi-influencing factors (MIF)
OT  - Pairwise comparison method (PWC)
OT  - Sensitivity analysis
EDAT- 2023/01/11 06:00
MHDA- 2023/01/13 06:00
CRDT- 2023/01/10 11:19
PHST- 2022/02/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/12/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/01/10 11:19 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/01/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/01/13 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s10661-022-10845-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s10661-022-10845-8 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Environ Monit Assess. 2023 Jan 10;195(2):285. doi: 10.1007/s10661-022-10845-8.