DRAV model and its application in assessing groundwater vulnerability in arid area: A case study of pore phreatic water in Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1055-1063

  Zhou, Jinlong ^a,b,c   Li, Guomin ^a   Liu, Feng ^b   Wang, Yiping ^b   Guo, Xiaojing ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

DRAV model; Groundwater; Tarim Basin; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER CHARACTERISTICS; ARID AREA; CLAYEY SOILS; DRAV MODEL; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; IRRIGATION WATERS; NORTHWEST CHINA; PHREATIC WATER; SANDY GRAVEL; SANDY LOAMS; SILTY AND FINE SANDS; SOIL LAYER; SURFACE SOIL; TARIM BASIN; VADOSE ZONE; VULNERABILITY INDEX; XINJIANG;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; LITHOLOGY; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ARID REGION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; LITHOLOGY; PHREATIC ZONE; RECHARGE; SILTATION; VADOSE ZONE; VULNERABILITY; WATER DEPTH;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77954056617     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0250-y     Document Type: Article

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