Application of a weights-of-evidence method and GIS to regional groundwater productivity potential mapping

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-105

  Lee, Saro ^a   Kim, Yong Sung ^b   Oh, Hyun Joo ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Yooshin Engineering Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater productivity potential; Korea; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION USE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CAPACITY VALUE; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EVIDENCE MODEL; GROUNDWATER PRODUCTIVITY POTENTIAL; KOREA; POTENTIAL MAPPING; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; SPATIAL DATABASE; SPECIFIC CAPACITIES; WEIGHT-OF-EVIDENCE;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GROUND WATER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BEDROCK; DATABASE; GIS; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROGEOLOGY; LINEAMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TRANSMISSIVITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; KOREA;

NORTH KYONGSANG; POHANG; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 82455175422     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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