Enhanced groundwater vulnerability assessment in geological homogeneous areas: A case study from the Argentine Pampas

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 371-379

  Massone, Héctor ^a   Londoño, Mauricio Quiroz ^a   Martínez, Daniel ^b  

^a UNMdP CIC)   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aquifer pollution; Argentina; Geographic information systems; Land use planning; Vulnerability mapping

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLASSIFICATION; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOMOGENEITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE PLANNING; MAPPING METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PIXEL; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; VULNERABILITY;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

EID: 77952814188     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0506-3     Document Type: Article

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