A simplified methodology for mapping groundwater vulnerability and contamination risk, and its first application in a tropical karst area, Vietnam

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1666-1675

  Nguyet, Vu Thi Minh ^b,c   Goldscheider, Nico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c Research Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Contaminationrisk; Developing country; Groundwater vulnerability; Socio economic aspects; Tropicalkarst aquifer

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KARST HYDROLOGY; MAP; MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33751540200     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-006-0069-5     Document Type: Article

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