Integrated GIS and remote sensing for mapping groundwater potentiality in the Tulul al Ashaqif, Northeast Jordan

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2377-2392

  Awawdeh, Muheeb ^a   Obeidat, Mutewekil ^b   Al Mohammad, Mohammad ^c   Al Qudah, Khaldoon ^c   Jaradat, Rasheed ^c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater potentiality; Jordan; Multicriteria; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; LINEAMENT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; THEMATIC MAPPING; WATER RESOURCE; WELL;

JORDAN; MAFRAQ; TULUL EL ASHAQIF;

EID: 84901495616     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-013-0964-8     Document Type: Article

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