Modeling groundwater vulnerability prediction using geographic information system (GIS)-based ordered weighted average (OWA) method and DRASTIC model theory hybrid approach

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5409-5429

  Mogaji, K A ^a,b   Lim, H S ^b   Abdullah, K ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Anthropogenic; DRASTIC; GVPM; OWA; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PREDICTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

MALAYSIA; PERAK; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84911807351     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-013-1163-3     Document Type: Article

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