Development and testing of three hybrid methods for the assessment of aquifer vulnerability to nitrates, based on the drastic model, an example from NE Korinthia, Greece

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 333, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 288-304

  Antonakos, A K ^a   Lambrakis, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aquifer vulnerability; Drastic; Greece; Korinthia; Logistic regression; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER VULNERABILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; WEIGHTS OF EVIDENCE;

GROUNDWATER;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CORRELATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GIS; NITRATE; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

CORINTHIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PELOPONNESE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846010790     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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