Sources of leakages at AL-Jumine Dam, NW Tunis, Tunisia

Al-Gamal Samir A.: Sources of leakages at AL-Jumine Dam, NW Tunis, Tunisia. In: Acta mineralogica-petrographica, (41). pp. 93-103. (2000)

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Abstract

Al-Jumine Dam (90 m high, 600 m long and 60 km NW of Tunis, Tunisia) is constructed on a nonperennial stream, which is storing more than 130 million cubic meters of water (irrigation and drinking for Tunis and Bizerte). Collected data from two drains, piezometers, injected tracers and environmental isotopes were interpreted to determine the possibility and extent of leakage (from the dam) as well as the different types of groundwater intercepted at varying distances from the site. The interpretation of the aforementioned data showed a sizable front of water leaking (at a rate decreasing away from the dam site) and that this fresh water front is being mixed with a local groundwater of higher salinity .The water seepage might constitute a potential risk threatening the integrity of Al-Jumine Dam.

Item Type: Article
Journal or Publication Title: Acta mineralogica-petrographica
Date: 2000
Volume: 41
ISSN: 0365-8066
Page Range: pp. 93-103
Language: English
Publisher: Szegedi Egyetem Ásványtani, Geokémiai és Kőzettani Tanszéke
Place of Publication: Szeged
Event Title: ENVIMIN 2000 Symposium on Environmental mineralogy (2000) (Budapest), BIM 2000 Symposium on Biogenic iron minerals (2000) (Tihany)
Related URLs: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/39420/
Uncontrolled Keywords: Kőzettan, Ásványtan, Földtan
Additional Information: Bibliogr.: 103. p. ; ill. ; összefoglalás angol nyelven
Subjects: 01. Natural sciences
01. Natural sciences > 01.05. Earth and related environmental sciences
Date Deposited: 2016. Oct. 17. 09:25
Last Modified: 2022. Jul. 27. 16:00
URI: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/24893

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