Application of an integrated GIS-AHP water quality index to evaluate the groundwater suitability for irrigation in a coastal aquifer in northeastern Algeria

• Faouzi Zahi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Geological Engineering, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, University of Jijel, Jijel, Algeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6134-8500

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• Ilyes Mecibah,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Geology of the Sahara, University Kasdi Merbah Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2327-283X

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• Abdelmalek Drouiche,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Geological Engineering, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, University of Jijel, Jijel, Algeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8142-0191

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• Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: maekaoud@gmail.com (MAEA); antonio.scopa@unibas.it (AS)

  Affiliation Division of Environmental Studies and Land Use, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), Cairo, Egypt

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8639-591X

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• Fethi Medjani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Geology of the Sahara, University Kasdi Merbah Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1454-5007

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• Mohamed Djidel,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization

  Affiliation Laboratory of Geology of the Sahara, University Kasdi Merbah Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria

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• Antonio Scopa

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: maekaoud@gmail.com (MAEA); antonio.scopa@unibas.it (AS)

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences (DAFE), University of Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano, Potenza, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8610-3323

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