Groundwater protection: A comparative study of four vulnerability mapping methods

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 594-600

  Yildirim, Mustafa ^a   Topkaya, Bülent ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aquifer; COP method; DRASTIC method; Groundwater; Karst aquifer; PI method; SINTACS method; Vulnerability mapping

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SEPTIC TANKS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

AQUIFER; CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; LAND USE PLANNING; MAPPING;

ANTALYA [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 38049067712     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200700144     Document Type: Article

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