Groundwater vulnerability assessment using GIS-based DRASTIC model in the bazargan and poldasht plains

Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 52, 2010, Pages 55-64

  Asghari Moghaddam, A ^a   Fijani, E ^a   Nadiri, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bazargan and poldasht plains; DRASTIC model; GIS; Groundwater vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952125087     PISSN: 10258620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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