A GIS-based DRASTIC model for assessing groundwater vulnerability in the Ordos Plateau, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 171-185

  Yin, Lihe ^a   Zhang, Eryong ^b   Wang, Xiaoyong ^a   Wenninger, Jochen ^c,d   Dong, Jiaqiu ^a   Guo, Li ^a   Huang, Jinting ^a  

^a XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DRASTIC model; Groundwater vulnerability; Ordos Plateau

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AQUIFERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKE POLLUTION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NITRATES; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; TOPOGRAPHY;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH TO WATER TABLES; DRASTIC MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; ORDOS PLATEAU;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA ASSIMILATION; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK FACTOR; VADOSE ZONE; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; ORDOS PLATEAU;

EID: 84876089817     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1945-z     Document Type: Article

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