Assessment and validation of groundwater vulnerability to nitrate based on a modified DRASTIC model: A case study in Jilin City of northeast China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 440, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-23

  Huan, Huan ^a,b   Wang, Jinsheng ^a,b   Teng, Yanguo ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Groundwater vulnerability; Nitrate; Overlay index method; Validation

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRITICAL FACTORS; DRASTIC MODEL; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; HYDROCHEMICAL DATA; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; INDEX SYSTEMS; INDEX WEIGHT; INTERVAL METHODS; LAND USE PLANNING; LAND USE TYPE; LEVEL DIFFERENCE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NORTHEAST CHINA; OVERLAY INDEX METHOD; POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROLS; RATING SCALE; SOIL MEDIA; SOIL TYPES; STUDY AREAS; VADOSE ZONE; VALIDATION; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LAND USE; NITRATES; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION CONTROL;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDEX METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; NITRATE; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VADOSE ZONE; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CHINA; JILIN;

EID: 84868677502     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.037     Document Type: Article

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