Groundwater vulnerability and risk mapping of the Angad transboundary aquifer using DRASTIC index method in GIS environment

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-220

  Boughriba, Mimoun ^a   Barkaoui, Alae eddine ^a   Zarhloule, Yassine ^a   Lahmer, Zakariae ^a   El Houadi, Boubker ^b   Verdoya, Massimo ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b Hydraulic Basin Agency of the Moulouya   (Morocco)

^c Laboratory of Experimental Geophysics and Radiometry   (Italy)

Author keywords

DRASTIC index; Groundwater vulnerability; Morocco; Pollution; Water management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AQUIFER; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MAPPING METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMIARID REGION; THEMATIC MAPPING; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MOROCCO;

EID: 77955088282     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-009-0072-y     Document Type: Article

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