Risk assessment of groundwater pollution using Monte Carlo approach in an agricultural region: An example from Kerman Plain, Iran

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-73

  Neshat, Aminreza ^a   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^a   Javadi, Saman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Damage index; GIS; Groundwater management; Nitrate; Probability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITRATES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; DAMAGE INDEX; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; HYDROGEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; PARAMETERS UNCERTAINTIES; UNCERTAINTY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NITRATE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

IRAN; KERMAN [IRAN];

EID: 84918559902     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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