Intrinsic Vulnerability Assessment for the Alluvial Aquifer in the Northern Part of Jordan Valley

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3461-3485

  Al Amoush, Hani ^a   Hammouri, Nezar Atalla ^b   Zunic, Franz ^c   Salameh, Elias ^d  

^a AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Alluvial; GIS; Northern Jordan Valley (NJV); Sensitivity analysis; SINTACS; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL; GIS; JORDAN VALLEY; SINTACS; VULNERABILITY;

AQUIFERS; CROPS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LANDFORMS; POLLUTION;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

JORDAN VALLEY;

EID: 84755161019     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9615-y     Document Type: Article

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