Assessment of groundwater vulnerability in the Río Artiguas basin, Nicaragua

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 569-580

  Mendoza, J A ^a   Barmen, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DRASTIC; GOD; Nicaragua; R o Artiguas; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GOLD MINES; HEAVY METALS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHERING;

DRASTIC; GOD; NICARAGUA; RÍO ARTIGUAS; VULNERABILITY;

GROUNDWATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; VULNERABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 33745492167     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0233-1     Document Type: Article

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