Index-based groundwater vulnerability mapping models using hydrogeological settings: A critical evaluation

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-49

  Kumar, Prashant ^a,b   Bansod, Baban K S ^a,b   Debnath, Sanjit K ^a,b   Thakur, Praveen Kumar ^c   Ghanshyam, C ^a,b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS ORGANISATION   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Contamination; DRASTIC; Groundwater; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAND USE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

CRITICAL EVALUATION; DRASTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL SETTINGS; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INDEX METHOD; LAND USE PLANNING; MAPPING METHOD; POLLUTION EFFECT; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84922537827     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2015.02.001     Document Type: Review

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