A new model (DRARCH) for assessing groundwater vulnerability to arsenic contamination at basin scale: A case study in Taiyuan basin, northern China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 923-932

  Guo, Qinghai ^a   Wang, Yanxin ^a   Gao, Xubo ^a   Ma, Teng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; China; DRARCH model; GIS; Groundwater; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHINA; CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

DRARCH MODEL; GROUNDWATER ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ARSENIC; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BASIN; GIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; VADOSE ZONE; VULNERABILITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANXI; TAIYUAN;

EID: 34247350461     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0534-4     Document Type: Article

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