GIS-based evaluation of groundwater vulnerability in the Russeifa area, Jordan

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-287

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

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Contamination; DRASTIC; Geographic information system; Groundwater; Jordan; Russeifa; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750488733     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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