Groundwater vulnerability assessment and evaluation of human activity impact (HAI) within the Dead Sea groundwater basin, Jordan

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 499-510

  Al Hanbali, Ahmad ^a   Kondoh, Akihiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; DRASTIC; Geographic information systems; Groundwater management; Jordan

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; RECHARGE; VADOSE ZONE; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 42449110673     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0280-7     Document Type: Article

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