Assessing the vulnerability of groundwater to pollution in Ireland based on the COST-620 Pan-European approach

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 162-173

  Pavlis, Michail ^a   Cummins, Enda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Intrinsic vulnerability; Karst groundwater; Sensitivity analysis; Specific vulnerability; Total organic carbon; Validation

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; CLASSIFIEDS; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; INTRINSIC VULNERABILITY; IRELAND; KARST GROUNDWATER; SPECIFIC VULNERABILITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VALIDATION; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GROUND WATER; PESTICIDE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KARST HYDROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; RECHARGE; VULNERABILITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

IRELAND;

INTRINSIC VULNERABILITY; KARST GROUNDWATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC VULNERABILITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VALIDATION;

CARBON; EUROPE; GROUNDWATER; IRELAND; RAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84891107730     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.11.044     Document Type: Article

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