Structural and Hydrogeological Features of a Lias Carbonate Aquifer in the Triffa Plain, NE Morocco ⇑ J
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora Journal of African Earth Sciences 73–74 (2012) 24–32 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of African Earth Sciences journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jafrearsci Structural and hydrogeological features of a Lias carbonate aquifer in the Triffa Plain, NE Morocco ⇑ J. Sardinha a, J.F. Carneiro a, , Y. Zarhloule b, A. Barkaoui b, A. Correia c, M. Boughriba b, A. Rimi d, B. El Houadi e a Geophysical Centre of Évora, Department of Geosciences, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal b Laboratory of Hydrogeology-Environment, Faculty of Sciences, Oujda, Morocco c Geophysical Centre of Évora, Department of Physics, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal d Institut Scientifique, Université Mohammed V-Agdal, Rabat, Morocco e Hydraulic Basin Agency of Moulouya, Oujda, Morocco article info abstract Article history: The rising demand for water and the contamination of shallow water table aquifers has led authorities in Received 11 January 2012 NE Morocco to look for deeper groundwater resources in the Triffa Plain, namely in Lower Jurassic (Lias) Received in revised form 19 June 2012 dolomitic limestones. The liassic aquifer is of strategic importance for the development of the region, Accepted 22 June 2012 however, its hydrodynamic behaviour is poorly understood due to lack of hydrogeological data and block Available online 17 July 2012 structure. This article presents a first effort towards understanding the structure and hydraulic behaviour of the Keywords: aquifer. Exploration borehole data and results from geophysical campaigns were integrated into a GIS Lias carbonate aquifer environment to build a preliminary model of the aquifer structure.
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