Multivariate statistical analysis of the alluvial aquifer of Tadjenanet-Chelghoum Laid (Eastern Algeria)
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The region of Chelghoum Laid - Tadjenanet is located in eastern Algeria, in the high plains. This area is characterized by a varied age (Mio-Plio-Quaternary) formations and the human demand is answered by the groundwater hosted into the superficial aquifer of the Mio-Plio-Quaternary formations. However, the overexploitation of this aquifer leads to a drop in the piezometric surface and an increase in salinity. of this aquifer leads to a drop in the piezometric surface and an increase in the salinity of the water. A hydrochemical study using characteristic ratios and statistical tools such as principal component analysis and hierarchical ascending classification, was performed using 28 water samples. Chemical analyzes show that the waters of this aquifer are of the calcium bicarbonate type on the limits of the study area, and calcium sulphate to sodium chloride in the centre. The spatial evolution of chemical water facies is explained by the phenomenon of dissolution and ion exchange between the alkali metals and alkaline earth metals coinciding with the West-East flow direction. The application of the various tools shows that the aquifer is recharged by precipitation at the plains border, where the water acquires its original mineralization from the carbonate formations, and becomes more mineralized in chlorides, sodium and sulphates concentrations in contact with the salt-bearing terrigenous formations of the Mio-Plio-Quaternary. The salinization of the waters seems to be mainly due to the dissolution of gypsum, halite and epsomite. The application of the ascending hierarchical classification and the principal component analysis shows the existence of two groups of water whose salinity increases from the borders towards the center of the plain following the main flow direction.
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