Acquifer vulnerability assessment using weights of evidence modelling technique: Application to the province of Milan, Northern Italy

GIS and Spatial Analysis - 2005 Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geology, IAMG 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 499-504

  Masetti, M ^a   Poli, S ^b   Sterlacchini, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; POPULATION DENSITIES; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; WEIGHTS OF EVIDENCES;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 34347242542     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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