Vulnerability mapping of shallow groundwater aquifer using SINTACS model in the Jordan Valley area, Jordan

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 651-667

  Al Kuisi, Mustafa ^a   El Naqa, Ali ^b   Hammouri, Nezar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Jordan Valley; Pollution; SINTACS model; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY;

JORDAN VALLEY; SINTACS MODEL; VULNERABILITY;

GEOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLOITATION; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGY; MAPPING METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PEDOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER; TOPOGRAPHY; VULNERABILITY;

AGRICULTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; JORDAN VALLEY; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 33745726165     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0239-8     Document Type: Article

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