A GIS based DRASTIC model for assessing groundwater vulnerability in shallow aquifer in Aligarh, India

Applied Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-53

  Rahman, Atiqur ^a  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aligarh India; DRASTIC model; GIS technique; Groundwater vulnerability; Shallow aquifers

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GIS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOFTWARE; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ALIGARH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 35848949330     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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