GIS-based assessment for the development of a groundwater quality index towards sustainable aquifer management

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3471-3487

  El Fadel, M ^a   Tomaszkiewicz, M ^a   Adra, Y ^a   Sadek, S ^a   Abou Najm, M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifers; Geostatistical analysis; Groundwater quality index; Seawater intrusion; Vulnerabilitymapping

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; FISH; GROUNDWATER; MAPPING;

AQUIFER VULNERABILITY; COASTAL AQUIFERS; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY INDICES; SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION; VULNERABILITYMAPPING; WATER QUALITY INDICATORS; WATER QUALITY SAMPLING; VULNERABILITY MAPPINGS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

COASTAL AQUIFER; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; GROUNDWATER; MAPPING; SEAWATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84927804549     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0683-2     Document Type: Article

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