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Younes Hamed is affiliated with the University of Gafsa in Tunisia. Their research primarily spans two main fields of study: Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these fields, the scientist focuses on several subfields, including Environmental Engineering, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Global and Planetary Change, and Water Science and Technology.

Their work extensively covers topics related to groundwater and watershed analysis, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, geochemistry and geologic mapping, flood risk assessment and management, karst systems and hydrogeology, and landslides and related hazards.

Younes Hamed has contributed to multiple recent papers, with notable publications such as:

  • Flood Analysis Using HEC-RAS and HEC-HMS: A Case Study of Khazir River (Middle East-Northern Iraq), 2022, Water
  • A GIS-based statistical model for assessing groundwater susceptibility index in shallow aquifer in Central Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid basin), 2020, Arabian Journal of Geosciences
  • Application of the analytic hierarchy process to weight the criteria used to determine the Water Quality Index of groundwater in the northeastern basin of the Sidi Bouzid region, Central Tunisia, 2020, Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration
  • Bioaccessibility of potentially toxic metals in soil, sediments and tailings from a north Africa phosphate-mining area: Insight into human health risk assessment, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Ecologic and economic perspectives for sustainable irrigated agriculture under arid climate conditions: An analysis based on environmental indicators for southern Tunisia, 2021, Journal of African Earth Sciences

The scientist frequently publishes in several journals, with the highest number of publications appearing in the Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, Water, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Journal of African Earth Sciences, and Earth Systems and Environment.

Collaborations feature prominently in their research efforts, with frequent coauthors including Riheb Hadji, Matteo Gentilucci, Kaouther Ncibi, Houda Besser, and Yosra Ayadi.

Best Publications

  • Climate impact on surface and groundwater in North Africa: a global synthesis of findings and recommendations

    Younes Hamed;Rihab Hadji;Belgacem Redhaounia;Karim Zighmi

  • Hydrogeochemical and stable isotope data of groundwater of a multi-aquifer system: Northern Gafsa basin – Central Tunisia

    Naziha Mokadem;Abedslem Demdoum;Younes Hamed;Salem Bouri

  • Use of geochemical, isotopic, and age tracer data to develop models of groundwater flow: A case study of Gafsa mining basin-Southern Tunisia

    Younes Hamed;Riadh Ahmadi;Abdeslam Demdoum;Salem Bouri

  • Groundwater mixing and geochemical assessment of low-enthalpy resources in the geothermal field of southwestern Tunisia

    Houda Besser;Naziha Mokadem;Belgacem Redhaounia;Riheb Hadji

  • Groundwater evolution of the Continental Intercalaire aquifer of Southern Tunisia and a part of Southern Algeria: use of geochemical and isotopic indicators

    Younes Hamed;Riadh Ahmadi;Rihab Hadji;Naziha Mokadem

  • Hydrogeochemical characterization of water mineralization in Tebessa-Kasserine karst system (Tuniso-Algerian Transboundry basin)

    Amor Hamad;Fethi Baali;Riheb Hadji;Hicham Zerrouki

  • Slope Failure Characteristics and Slope Movement Susceptibility Assessment Using GIS in a Medium Scale: A Case Study from Ouled Driss and Machroha Municipalities, Northeast Algeria

    Riheb Hadji;Khaled Rais;Larbi Gadri;Abdelmadjid Chouabi

  • A GIS-based statistical model for assessing groundwater susceptibility index in shallow aquifer in Central Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid basin)

    Kaouther Ncibi;Hatem Chaar;Riheb Hadji;Noaman Baccari

  • Environmental and human health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soil, sediments, and ore-processing wastes from a mining area of southwestern Tunisia

    Faten Khelifi;Achraf Melki;Younes Hamed;Paola Adamo

  • GIS-Based Approaches for the Landslide Susceptibility Prediction in Setif Region (NE Algeria)

    Zighmi Karim;Riheb Hadji;Younes Hamed

  • Application of the analytic hierarchy process to weight the criteria used to determine the Water Quality Index of groundwater in the northeastern basin of the Sidi Bouzid region, Central Tunisia

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  • GIS-based evaluation of groundwater quality and estimation of soil salinization and land degradation risks in an arid Mediterranean site (SW Tunisia)

    Houda Besser;Naziha Mokadem;Belgacem Redhouania;Nacira Rhimi

  • Bioaccessibility of potentially toxic metals in soil, sediments and tailings from a north Africa phosphate-mining area: Insight into human health risk assessment.

    Faten Khelifi;Antonio G. Caporale;Younes Hamed;Paola Adamo

  • Ecologic and economic perspectives for sustainable irrigated agriculture under arid climate conditions: An analysis based on environmental indicators for southern Tunisia

    Houda Besser;Latifa Dhaouadi;Riheb Hadji;Younes Hamed

  • Impact of climate change on groundwater and the extinction of ancient “Foggara” and springs systems in arid lands in North Africa: a case study in Gafsa basin (Central of Tunisia)

    Naziha Mokadem;Belgacem Redhaounia;Houda Besser;Yosra Ayadi

  • Application of linear indexing model and GIS techniques for the slope movement susceptibility modeling in Bousselam upstream basin, Northeast Algeria

    Riheb Hadji;Abdelmadjid Chouabi;Larbi Gadri;Khaled Raïs

  • Assessment of groundwater and soil pollution by leachate using electrical resistivity and induced polarization imaging survey, case of Tebessa municipal landfill, NE Algeria

    Smail Brahmi;Fethi Baali;Riheb Hadji;Serhane Brahmi

  • Groundwater origins and mixing pattern in the multilayer aquifer system of the Gafsa-south mining district: a chemical and isotopic approach

    Younes Hamed;Lassaad Dassi;Meriem Tarki;Riadh Ahmadi

  • Hydro-geochemical and isotopic composition of groundwater, with emphasis on sources of salinity, in the aquifer system in Northwestern Tunisia

    Younes Hamed;Ferid Dhahri

  • Hydrochemistry and stable isotopes (δ 18 O and δ 2 H) tools applied to the study of karst aquifers in southern mediterranean basin (Teboursouk area, NW Tunisia)

    Yosra Ayadi;Naziha Mokadem;Houda Besser;Faten Khelifi

  • Mapping potential zones for groundwater recharge and its evaluation in arid environments using a GIS approach: Case study of North Gafsa Basin (Central Tunisia)

    Naziha Mokadem;Emna Boughariou;Matías Mudarra;Fatma Ben Brahim

  • Integrating Remotely Sensed and GIS Data for the Detailed Geological Mapping in Semi-Arid Regions: Case of Youks les Bains Area, Tebessa Province, NE Algeria

    Farouk Tamani;Riheb Hadji;Amor Hamad;Younes Hamed

Frequent Co-Authors

Balal Yousaf
Balal Yousaf Silesian University of Technology
Guijian Liu
Guijian Liu University of Science and Technology of China
Adrian J. Boyce
Adrian J. Boyce Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Paola Adamo
Paola Adamo University of Naples Federico II
Bartolomé Andreo
Bartolomé Andreo University of Malaga

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