A GIS-based DRASTIC model for assessing aquifer vulnerability in Kakamigahara Heights, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 345, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 127-140

  Babiker, Insaf S ^a   Mohamed, Mohamed A A ^a   Hiyama, Tetsuya ^a   Kato, Kikuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquifer vulnerability; DRASTIC; GIS; Japan; Kakamigahara; Model sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES; NITRATES;

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOIL MEDIA;

AQUIFERS;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHUBU; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GIFU; HONSHU; JAPAN; KAKAMIGAHARA; WORLD;

EID: 20344386240     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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