A decision support model to assess vulnerability to salt water intrusion in the great bend prairie aquifer of Kansas

Ground Water

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 476-483

  Sophocleous, Marios ^a   Ma, Tainshing ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Pollution Prevention Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINE WATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GIS; GROUNDWATER PROTECTION; SALT WATER INTRUSION;

KANSAS; USA;

EID: 0032080325     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1998.tb02819.x     Document Type: Article

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