Groundwater vulnerability assessment for the Banyas Catchment of the Syrian coastal area using GIS and the RISKE method

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1103-1110

  Kattaa, Bassam ^a   Al Fares, Walid ^a   Al Charideh, Abdul Rahman ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Aquifer vulnerability; Banyas Catchment Area (BCA); GIS; RISKE model; Syria

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF;

AQUIFER VULNERABILITY; BANYAS CATCHMENT AREA; CATCHMENT AREA; COASTAL AREA; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; RISKE MODEL; SYRIA;

CATCHMENTS;

GROUND WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; CATCHMENT; COASTAL ZONE; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; LAND USE PLANNING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DATA;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEASHORE; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TARTUS;

EID: 77649340117     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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