Evaluation of aquifer vulnerability to contamination potential using the DRASTIC method

Environmental Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 203-208

  Al Zabet, T ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Contamination; DRASTIC; Groundwater; United Arab Emirates; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; LITHOLOGY; PESTICIDES; SOILS;

NON-POINT SOURCES (NPS);

HYDROGEOLOGY;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PESTICIDE; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0037845148     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0645-5     Document Type: Article

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