Groundwater intrinsic vulnerability and risk mapping

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Volumn 165, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 441-450

  Farjad, Babak ^a   Shafri, Helmi Zulhaidi bin Mohd ^a   Mohamed, Thamer Ahmed ^a   Pirasteh, Saied ^b   Wijesekara, Nishad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Mathematical modelling; Pollution

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER MEDIA; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DRASTIC MODEL; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; MEAN VALUES; REMOTE SENSING DATA; TOPOGRAPHY FACTOR;

AQUIFERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLLUTION; REMOTE SENSING;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

FLOW MODELING; GIS; GROUNDWATER; MAPPING; MODEL TEST; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VULNERABILITY;

IRAN; IZEH; KHUZESTAN;

EID: 84871077349     PISSN: 17417589     EISSN: 17517729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wama.10.00018     Document Type: Article

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